A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

opposition Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.1 11.8 6 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2923 4 1 1 0 0
Number of authors15 10 3 1 1

Occurrences of opposition in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
providin, as a viable vyce o opposition the BBc are sae thirlit tae t on page 9

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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
ess. It wisnae lang afore the opposition decided tae caw it a day an r on page 20

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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
A burn that brooks nae opposition and nae crises on page 55

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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
y and therefore the offiecial opposition tae the SNP Government efter
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
at Scots an English are no in opposition, but complementary tae ane an
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sk him tae keep it, cause the opposition couldnae get it off him! Mind
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e Conservatives noo leads oor opposition as a result. This is, lat me
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
upport an a lairge an hostile opposition. Labour fowk were declarin th
replacin o Labour as the main opposition.
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
omminists, tredd unionists an opposition intellectuals wis roondit up,
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
mmons an a weak an leaderless opposition, Kamerón haes taen the oppor
an attempt tae crack doon on opposition activism. This is haes came a
renderin dissidents an ither opposition activists vulnerable tae a st
tive issue as human richts wi opposition leaders i Zkotland?
4 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
for a strang progressive left opposition?
tae the task o bein a decent opposition, as onie keek at First Meinis
aicont pairty an the official opposition, pushin Labour doon tae third
cal landscape needs a dynamic opposition tae the left o the SNP an Lab
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@pmcm1355 tweeted
olM_CC @emmagraeauthor An the opposition tae the uise o Scots is bein (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
al mak share n gee up awe the opposition tae keep u laddies oan there (2021) twitter link
juniors tammy n supportin the opposition n stormin aff at the end cos (2021) twitter link
thats awe n am no doubtin ur opposition - if you no me and read the (2021) twitter link
tside must have looked at the opposition which includes the mighty san (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
WPR was ayeweys gaun tae face opposition. An, it did. Fooiver, it maun
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@72redz1903 tweeted
at was fine, against superior opposition we were in the game - but, M (2020) twitter link
onfident enough to engage the opposition centre backs - it’s fit we (2020) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
st 2 year leagues against all opposition...cheers for the reply but no (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
Mia! Are you working for the opposition? She’s referring tae a neig
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Shaetlan haes da pronoun opposition da tane... da tidder at trans on page 60

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