A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

musta Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 18.5 16.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4736 11 0 0 0 0
Number of authors14 9 5

Occurrences of musta 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

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
right there and then that ah musta said suttin wrong. Although a on page 36

2 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'Nothin? Musta meant somethin. Ye said it.' on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
usement plastered oor ma puss musta telt her ah wisnae sure how t on page 29
guessin ma facial expression musta resembled suttin no seen sinc on page 32
idea. They'll probably say ah musta been shaggin her. Smashin." on page 57
tae ken how that conversation musta went when she telt thum. Pair on page 61
ae ma right number? Jesus, ah musta been smashed that day. So, wh on page 145

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Your ma musta been a pure reject anaw, said on page 52
she closed it again. Ma face musta been burnin bright red an ah on page 92
wis noo a toilet cleaner. She musta thought it wis the first yin on page 100
oor an at first ah thought it musta been the dodgy takeaway had g on page 149
ee normal sized wans. Aw that musta made yir day, ah said under m on page 169

10 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
range walk, but ah think thir musta been other stuff as well. Aw
Clicky musta tolt Kelly whit ah said aboot
an then Bryan Campbell Senior musta came tae the phone cause aw y
3 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
he bed thur wis a letter. She musta fell ower writin it. Ah hid a
staunin aside the front door. Musta been oan her road oot fin she
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
The station musta been built way back et the st
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r in the carpark. A thocht he musta been gettin picked up there a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
ea. They’ll probably say ah musta been shaggin her. Smashin.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
coupla meenits tae spare. It musta been afore we hud ri telly, a
Ma maw musta ta'en r'ur two oot fur ri day
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
a few paid a penalty so folk musta wantit tae hear him. He wis k

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
his. Can ye imagine whit that musta been like?

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
en though a hud moved at what musta been Guinness World Records s
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
some years ago. The poor cunt musta rued that seating plan cos he (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey stoap it - musta seen ma tweets on here that d (2020) twitter link
ion says it awe m8 - laddies musta been oot oan the sauce - won (2020) twitter link
some one is looking well - musta seen the prices in the seabir (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
"Mary," says I, "he musta been killt aboot twinty year on page 35

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
if he wis gaun for a wauk, it musta been an affa lang een Maybe h on page 16

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
trial tryp's, "Majic." Ma da, musta lyket weerin thi Captin's hat on page 7
gearbox eit a theink "Noah," musta crecaitet, wid offin stik enn on page 10
, "Help, Help," thein thi lad musta cleert hce's throat an geid, on page 12
il's, am jist aboot shoor thi musta kint. Fitiver we teen aff up on page 26
n makken straicht for eis. He musta been deein fowerteen knots an on page 48
Also on pages 49, 57
7 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
a fa wis haen fit Barbie. Mam musta cracked up it us cus at's jus
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
’re goin in,” he says. He musta been watchin war fillums - w
1 matches

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