A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

member Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 28.8 16.6 0 5.8 51.7 22.1
Number of occurrences7856 11 0 1 5 5
Number of authors43 30 8 1 3 1

Occurrences of member in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t it," said Alice; "Ah cannae member hings the wey ah used tae-an on page 45

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
kicked oot ae there,' another member ae this group, the world's ba on page 10

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e taken away in ambulances, a member of staff was assaulted and a on page 55

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
heids ae an unsuspectin staff member or two. Luckily fur me though on page 28
in remindin me that she wis a member ae the high caste and ah wis on page 59
categories. Well, Bowser is a member ae an exclusive club as he's on page 123
on at bein greeted by the new member ae their family. A sight that on page 159
he tells me. "He'll be a new member of doggy heaven." on page 162

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Nou, A'm no a member o the snp, bit A ken plenty t on page 10
he UK. Even bi the Additional Member System o oor ain Parlie , set on page 28
oesnt-want-to-be-just-another-member-of-a-team-1-48 51882 on page 82
Independence the-day isnae a member o the SNP - an A'm no, nivve on page 101
aistions! As A seyed, Am no a member o the snp but the relentless on page 104

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
st anaw. It's no as if he's a member ae yir family, he said tae he on page 66
ou EVER say anythin aboot any member ae ma family again, ah tolt h on page 101
Robbie George, twenty-four, a member of the controversial Mancunia on page 157
aid ned nummer wan. Ah cannae member the wee lassie's name but she on page 169

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Or ye kent efter the mucklest member ae the perch faimily? (She la on page 3

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah've blocked every member o the Clan, but ah miss them on page 85
b description still said Cast Member.' on page 89
cted tae the post is either a member o Mum's family or one o their on page 91

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
eelitie an Auntie Aggie wis a member o the Edinburrae Zoological S on page 118

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
I of the Charter requires the Member State to apply 35 paragraphs on page 121

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tey at the hoose aw the time, member, e wis away sometimes. But he on page 44

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
or savings club to which each member contributes a fixed sum weekl
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
Harry Kane, the opposing team member came past me wi the baw, he p
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fitba referee an Conservative Member o Parliamint fir Moray was gi
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Openin the door tae the member’s bar ah’m pleased tae se
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
m pure buzzin’ … me ... a member ae the best golf course in th
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
's tights.” This caused the member o’ staff tae hae tae tak’
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
As a member o the ASLS Education Committe
xact, Jim Alison, HMI an ASLS member, a doughty champion o Scottis
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
r up - she’s almost like a member of the family, but she’ll n
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Spare us the concerned family member routine.’
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
the Assemlie cried on aw Member States tae publicise the text
Forsameikle as Member States hes gien their hecht t
g, baith amang the folk o the Member States
Awbody, as a member o society, hes the richt tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
o is not and never has been a member of this group. Nor does the S
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Gaelic. Irene McGugan an SNP member of the Scottish Parliament ha
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
ly "I didn’t catch what the member said" an that thay wad write
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
’ An Advanced Search for ‘member’ gies 231 results in the SN
ere are ower mony results. ‘Member’ is a heidword in the DOST
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ckinlay kent that a richteous member o his flock wis readin sic bl
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@jack_capener tweeted
kle it means tae me tae see a member o pairlament uisin Scots - t(2018) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@ChrisClynes Did a member o "take that" get in touch? H(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
e fuck sort o copper shoots a member o the public?! #TheStranger(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
wid wire intae at... a hink a member eatin sumhin lik at! Dae Lith(2020) search twitter
Am a member a tripe club! Jus dae it! *aw(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ll, I'll see ma newest faimly member, 1yr old, and ma neice re-wor (2022) twitter link
'll be playing to the average member now, knowing that her tribe w (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ooncil wurker n an affiliated member oh the labour pairty m8 (2021) twitter link
bstainin nxt time - cos am a member o big george galloways worker (2020) twitter link
ie5 as danny is an affiliated member of the snp - maybe he would (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
is made up bi 193 flags o UN member states an twa flags o UN obse on page 5

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
A faimily member on page 27

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
"Are you a member of the club sir?" Asked the b
r facilities if you are not a member. If you are
with a member of the club, you can use our
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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
playin the bagpipes. I’m a member o Inverurie Pipe Band and I f
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae them for I wiz a respected member o the local community. So wha
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the maist important member o Rosy Lil’s crew wis Birly
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Dear local church - ah'm a member i' the Lee in on a Setterday (2018) search twitter
ved an e-mail aboot growen ma member an dinna wint tae miss oot!(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
@JimSpenceSport Never a member but slightly reluctant SNP vo (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ming an 'aunty' to the newest member of clan Crieffy . What a peer(2014) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ae member o the Kirk Comatee ana. Ma um
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@officialAliRed tweeted
league... and now a cherished member of our extended family. Whit (2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
a wid opt fur SNP. Even ahm a member of SNP BUT cannae vote here, (2020) search twitter
es @boulezian That’s why ahm member o’ SNP. Cannae support these(2020) search twitter
@greggwatson90 Ahm member ae SNP, but cannae vote fir a(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' excitin' chansts. Es yin member o' the Co-Design Curn pit hit on page 4
ent penel fer example a penel member fae the Boord o' Ulster-Scotc on page 11
The Executive bes a member o' the Noarth Sooth Meenester on page 21
Airlan) tae heft mair nor 500 member curns an' the rest o' the Uls on page 41

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