A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

merkit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 11.1 10.5 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3122 7 0 0 2 0
Number of authors16 13 2 1

Occurrences of merkit in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
s thay grew aulder, tho, thay merkit at whiles the war something e on page 15
sed at her faither haed ne'er merkit this, the mair sen he wis ric on page 16
e thaim throu it. Kate haedna merkit it at the time, but she saw n on page 26

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi actors muivements aw merkit oot in cauk feet draggin on page 53

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ssons an kervit the stanes at merkit the importand meiths at thair on page 42

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
rd tae reveal a concrete slab merkit wi the bluid an claw marks o on page 9

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
s is thrie steps ablow Scots, merkit as 'vulnerable'). on page 107

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hat's eith tae follae is weel merkit sae a compass winna be necess on page 65

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e as law-makar. Yit forby, it merkit a linguistic cheynge in Scotl on page 22

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
uist ower a week afore. Maist merkit amang the panel, o ten, wes t
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
gle’s information-gaitherin merkit that ‘compeart tae whit Goo
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
merkit, o a suddenty, at the chiel a
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s airlie skuildays, whilk war merkit bi a stoundin commeitment ti
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
that o Scots, and the pynt is merkit that it’s ‘the intimate l
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
y could find in the north, an merkit it wi a stane as a declaratio
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
uk intae which aa wir sins ar merkit.
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
withoot — couldnae be mair merkit. The population o Ballater is
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
w draft EU Constitution. This merkit nae sma loup forrit for the t
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
merkit his chin, itherwhaur on his b
wi the ilk sense organs that merkit his chin. Bit mair tae Faladâ
2 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ood oan his chist avoids bein merkit as kitsch. Insteid he comes o
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
licit ties wi socialism. This merkit the beginnin o a New Labour n
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"I'se avon, it's merkit out jist like a muckle chess- on page 31
tyeuk a reiban out her pouch, merkit in inches, an yokit tae metti on page 34
t wi a vyce comin fae the een merkit "DUM". on page 48

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
25, 2006 merkit the 800th anniversarie o the on page 12

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s on't, 'Sgian o Sgian', that merkit the lair o a warlock, lyin sk
ole, the bough o the aik that merkit the green aff frae the kailya
2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
the Ringin-stell Brae (whilk merkit the mairch atweesh Eilrig fer
ce the day, gif it kam on the merkit.
2 matches

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