A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

per Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 19 25.6 9.9 11.6 41.3 8.9
Number of occurrences6337 17 1 2 4 2
Number of authors39 23 9 1 2 3 2

Occurrences of per in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
that he isnae being a hunner per cent serious. on page 59

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
Aye, as much as forty per cent o' a thin' we dae ivry d on page

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ng aboot Auld Maggie. Who, as per, wis busy pullin pints. She w on page 72
rd black Adidas zippy. And as per fuckin usual, he's overdone i on page 131
asonable man. Caw it a hunner per cent. Your reign ae terror en on page 200

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
time agin we are tellt that, per capita, Scotland gets mair fa on page 126

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Whit. She said, Seventy pound per ticket ya spaz. Ah said, Char on page 78
free, aw yi earn is four pee per paper. on page 144
unsupervised fur half an oor per day. Thir wisnae really much on page 152
Kelly Marie pure buttin in ag per usual, An Chris wis lik that on page 169

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
He chairges 50 per cent a week oan the money he' on page 110

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
D GRUMPHIE GRUE. GIE YIN PEEL PER DAY. IN FELL SAIR CASES TWA P on page 30

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s over the status's likes, As per usual, everyone who's reacted on page 91

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Rabbie Burns cuid bi for onie per baistie." on page 79

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Deh, bàstat' oggimai, per cortesia... on page 45

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
£25,000 per annum juist; faur less nor it
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ch gies Inglis mair nor fifty per cent o the wirds i The Oxford
in ootower the twa. Up tae 95 per cent o the cunyies discovert
an conversely three tae fower per cent o the cunyies discovert
3 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Quanto per la spiaggia?’
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
nd fae the state rose by 97.5 per cent in 2016. The lack o ony
fantastically positive: a 27 per cent increase in visitors ste
yin at hotels an B and Bs; 20 per cent mair spent by visitors o
3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
re are mair Scottish surnames per heid o population in Jamaica
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oot ay it. Sais it’s thirty per cent a week interest. Bog sta
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
n chainge that – no even 55 per cent o’ fowk tellin’ me a
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
per wird
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
s less aboot shared wird-kist per se nor the ease o idomatic fl
3 and ower in Scotland - 1.7 per cent o the population - repo
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@ClashCityClarky tweeted
osítion. But oors wan hunner per cent is.(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ures???? 19%-20%-21% - £23k per annum - 35k pa - 45k pa etc (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
r and are makin a £25 profit per food parcel. https://t.co/Bg3(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rian_Pacey @MusselburghAth as per usual - a use the phrase - (2020) twitter link
ayin - a watched the game as per usual from a very convenient (2020) twitter link
h fitbaw on the day a c - as per usual i will b followin all p (2020) twitter link
e games on the horizon but as per usual give me a shout by pm g (2020) twitter link

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
wisna affa guid at workin oot per cents. I kent fine that there on page 124

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
is a skipper ye felt a hunner per sint safe we, evin en thi coo on page 3

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an gied his pal a smile. "Get per Spikkin aboot hersel - aabod on page 57

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ams doon tae the price o rent per square metre. For souvenirs, on page 7
then tak ti the air. For €5 per person, tak the Gaia cable ca on page 10

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
vat, ower thirty feet lang. A per hermless
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
bi the NHS also fund that 58 per cent o fowk fa suffer fae dep
for a pack o 20. ’At’s 90 per cent less cigarettes for mair
uf o the price. Yet still, 20 per cent o Scotland’s populatio
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d get one pound twa shillings per month, her keep, twa hoddengr
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
Seventy per cent o Scots weemin wark, eit
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
yer pic mannie. Pittodrie Pie per chunce?(2015) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
i' their customers earn £280 per year fae ower 4500 retailers (2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
project of blind isolation as per the current Westminster lot. (2022) twitter link
ay Playing tae the gallery as per usual. The base gallery, the (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
re, pronto, ah'm deductan ten per cent on page 65

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
icity mebbe tae geng up bi 40 per cent, I canna blame dem.
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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
s its supposed to be 1 person per household only #ThereIsSomeSe (2020) twitter link

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Lairdship, tae tent at the per on’t thum, wur ae gleg, lan
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
e o year. Walking aboot wi 40 per o gucci trainers oan. 46 per (2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@HopkinsBRFC Ach aye!! Once per week fur me! Magic ????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
er thae hefts, worth £70,000 per yeir, bes aa o' the Airts Coo on page 42

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@the_gellick tweeted
@the_gellick - hunnerd poond per session - wile chape! (2014) twitter link

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