A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nearby Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.5 17.2 13.5 39.7 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5034 9 4 0 2 1
Number of authors31 20 6 2 2 1

Occurrences of nearby in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e a big flooer-pot that stood nearby. The three sodjers wannert ab on page 80

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
You saw the folk sat nearby crane their necks tae lug in. on page 80

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ne de Beauvoir sat at a table nearby, smokin cigarettes an gluggin on page 50

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
er schemes na few Fleeto wans nearby, who ir their backup n our en on page 45

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
s the heater under the mirror nearby tae check it's on. on page 22
ts tae be. A few cheers go up nearby. Folk urr at that stage whaur on page 23

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ward ten". He points tae the nearby elevator "Jump in and head fo on page 177
p oaff at the wee paper shoap nearby. on page 198

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a merle wis singin somewhaur nearby. on page 229

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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Happen, there wis a fig tree nearby, sae we picked some o the big on page 89

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ckily there wis a whalin boat nearby an the lads on the fishin boa on page 43
wark he wuid head aff tae the nearby pub tae sit an crack wi the a on page 60
there had been an auld castle nearby that had been occupied by som on page 62
ror as it headit taewards the nearby dock. Some fowk, sae feart at on page 94
aff an got a big rafter fae a nearby yaird an the doors o the Toun on page 127

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o a duchess that wis staundin nearby. There wis a rammy, and the m on page 29
a line o gigantic vans parked nearby. on page 167

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
rts readin. A nervously hover nearby, diggin ma Clark's shoes inta on page 42

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
his lot, wi Aunty Cathy livin nearby an aw. Hur car comes tae a ha on page 34
Kate turn roond and sit oan a nearby bench. They must huv seen Gar on page 60

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Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Happen, there wis a fig tree nearby, sae we picked some o the big on page 89

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
e widden crosses in the green nearby war in settlement o the same. on page 78

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ktonhall an Craighall, in the nearby capital, Embra, there's Saugh
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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ck, scared, he fell intae the nearby fence, and as he looked up, h
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
r. I dinnae even hae a jacket nearby tae grab hud o. I run across
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e ile an wine, an the herbour nearby wis thrang wi ships bringin t
,” he warned, “dinna flee nearby the sun. Yer wings arena jist
aes o a lad that wis paiddlin nearby: Hippomenes. Feelin the nip a
3 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
erson ae interest watches fae nearby. Navy-blue parka jaycket zipt
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
offee an’ scones”, in the nearby tearoom. Maux had set oot wi
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
’r bidin on it or climbin a nearby hill. Bi pittin laund in the
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
onald Cargill whae wis caught nearby, hoo he wis hung at the Grass

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ifter a field preachin meetin nearby

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
awa tae nearby Ukranian troops - on page 64

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
6, tae release pressure fae a nearby hydraulic plant, but it suin on page 5

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
there is a mystery anent the nearby wee isle o Mulcaire, which ha on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
there is a mystery anent the nearby wee isle o Mulcaire, which ha
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
up tae it, and a bigger seat nearby, far his inquisitor wid sit.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
nearby moors and, was not for sale.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
baad in the Hen-Hoose estate, nearby the surgery itsel. Hoosin in
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
for the old wartime aerodrome nearby. A lot o pennies started tae
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae the cook faa wiz hovering nearby.
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a nearby plastic bottle cracklan, on page 5

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
the owld man's face. Nearby closses shrunk, on page 30

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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
mither selkie waits anxiously nearby on the margin o Eday Soond, l
ehowe tormented a family in a nearby ferm tae the point whar they
2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
the name o the neiborin Carse nearby.
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
laddies involvin in the park nearby. But noo, a cannae see any la(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
es a really big saucepin flew nearby it, an very nearly tuk it aff on page 59

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