A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

occasions Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 6.7 3 0 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences1813 2 0 1 2 0
Number of authors16 12 1 1 2

Occurrences of occasions in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aft virgin n A dae on regular occasions. No a fuckin bully but - hat on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Such occasions as this wid normally be held on page 165

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an on occasions eh huv spewed. on page 45

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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
'd jist get battert. On monie occasions twa or even three gamekeepers on page 83

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
e best room except on special occasions. The muckle main room wis an
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
l Law an Wild Law, on raiglar occasions. Thare been week-en foregethe
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
euch tae meet Willie on a few occasions, but nae maiter whit level o
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t the singin an aa. He on twa occasions mairit French princesses —
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ish aristocracy wear at state occasions). A feartie na mair, he heade
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n “celebratin” on special occasions. Ower aften durin the referen
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
o ower a thoosand on several occasions tae his open air meetings. Ca

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rly run oot ae road oan maire occasions than ah care tae remember. Ah
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@johnstone_shane tweeted
ised but reserved fir special occasions ?? (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
this. Mind you, on a couple o occasions I wiz nearly rumbled but each
though. Aifter that couple o occasions I became ultra careful tae hi
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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
of the mothballs for special occasions. It adds a little something t on page 35

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
saivrel occasions and the fluir it praisent is
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
the late nicht! Unforgettable occasions!(2020) search twitter

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