A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

person Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words76.5 92 49.7 9.9 104.6 62 35.4
Number of occurrences245179 33 1 18 6 8
Number of authors83 49 17 1 8 4 4

Occurrences of person in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
The first person tae jalouse whit wis gaun on on page 29
guid look at Ta she the kinna person that wid eat Wig o cake and s on page 32

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e me left tae make wan decent person as it is!" on page 14
day, cause ah wis a different person then." on page 102

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
debate if Aesop wis an actual person or jist a name used by anithe on page 3

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wi actual person names on page 14

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
u consider yourself a guarded person, Daisy?' on page 1

6 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
When the person inside feels lit somebdy they on page 15
And perhaps the person best equipped tae help masel on page 63

2 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
waunnert an unworldly person, on page 36
elivers this for our imperial person: on page 46

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
isibly clear tae me that each person here is salivatin wae every s on page 52
oor text ah struggle. But in person? fuckin furget it. Ah fold ea on page 130
d fingers ae blame at any yin person. Neither ae us are able tae r on page 181
ugh he wid willingly gee each person in the room a character assas on page 196

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'Ah wis never a wee person,' she snipped. 'Ah've been mu on page 145
Matilda decided that the wan person she wanted tae confide in wis on page 164

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
y, are onie o them the sort o person ye wuid want tae see rinnin e on page 11
rent pynt ilk time. Nae ither person nor me his responsibilitie fe on page 16
it costs, even whan onie sane person kens fine that the last load on page 36

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in person, rage-in on page 8
Em am thi biggest person that eh've ivir been on page 65

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
me the wan that's got the wee person ridin the horse; it wis me th on page 50
n the pitch. Ah'm no the only person that thinks he's sexy: maist on page
wisnae fair: she said, If one person in this class won that compet on page 77
yi et the same as any normal person yi widnae huv that problem. on page 87
gh she's no really oor type a person. Widyi mean no oor type a per on page 104
Also on pages 138, 141, 148, 169
14 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ket had been foond. The lucky person wis a wee lassie cawed Veruca on page 29
l buttons, ken. Then the nixt person that cam alang and pressed th on page 38
ither haun ... I believe the person that really deserves tae go m on page 61
! Oor wee lassie is the first person in the warld tae hae a chawin on page 109
d. 'Could ye send a real live person fae wan place tae anither in on page 148
Also on pages 149, 152, 171
10 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
t he cudna. She wis the ainly person that kent he wis an astrostra on page 2

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Writin algorithms for first person shooters. on page 102

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
onal situation. Nor shuid ony person be baured or hinnert frae spe on page 11

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
oing to swap stories with the person next to you and give them thr on page 22

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Uses the third-person active voice, indicative on page 11
ik an - s for tae mak a third-person singular tense o the verb (He on page 21
vings is the uiss o the third-person singular version o the verb, on page 24
Usin the second-person on page 28

9 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Can't you talk like a normal person? on page 4

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Noo, I'm quite a reasonable person, ye ken. I widnae see the cra on page 24

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
owk that mairry mair than yin person," Klaus telt her. "Hereaboots on page 131

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
trouble this can cause fur a person.' on page 26
She's the last person who's any right tae talk aboo on page 29
ma street, but she's the last person ah want as a neighbour. Rufus on page 33
the couch. She's the warmest person ah've ever met but avoids mak on page 45
You know she's no the type o person tae get involved in an argume on page 46
Also on pages 52, 62, 90, 91, 119
11 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
lly kent for shair. The anely person that wis alloued in tae see h on page 42

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
he polis are nae respecters o person; and in thon apron he'd be ge on page 72

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nne's "Batter my heart, three-person'd God"?) on page 126

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
researcher can think o. That person may lack the ingenuity o an A on page 17

1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
nybody as long’s yir a nice person an it disnae matter where yi
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
i an efter-perfect, a saicont-person plural pronoon youse, etc., q
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he expenses or trouble of the person acting as banker, etc’. (Ja
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
r haunds away afore the other person could git them. Ah wisnae ver
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
were sayin an honest tae the person ye were sayin thaim tae. An o
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ry - votin aboot the kind of person they think or wish they were.
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
. Ye willnae get telt whaur a person wis when they fund oot, wioot
kent bi the words o a pouerfu person. Ma freend said she felt equa
ndum wis divisive at aw. Ilka person that bothert tae haul thersel
n theirs. And never tae ask a person hou they're ettlin tae vote.
4 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
the game only ended when the person that hud the baw had tae go i
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
hings, stuff that the average person might forget fae time tae tim
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ergowdie in luve wi the first person ye saw.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
han and hang a quite innocent person! I wanted tae gan doon tae In
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ing a Spitz type he wis a yin person dug and his loyalty wis tae m
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tely for him he wis seen by a person or persons unknown who grabbe
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
bar nane. Frank wis the only person I ken wha could burn a fried
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Oor person ae interest watches fae nearb
Oor person ae interest hiz quickened hiz
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
asonable prices. Ma was a wee person, wi' a huge he'rt an' loved t
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
third person,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Who is this person?” speirt the Pandit. “And
hoice when you don’t know a person’s tastes.”
ugh to make sure they come in person. There must be no traceable c
view that he’s a vulnerable person - he is over seventy ...”
peak to Professor Varshini in person.”
9 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
dignity and worth o the human person and in the
life, liberty and security o person.
icht awgaits tae kenning as a person afore the law.
louin for ony State, group or person ony richt
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
, "Every, but every, educated person knows that there are two "n"s
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
or reflectin on thon special person that maks oor life that wee b
fferent wey. Let thon special person ken how muckle they mean tae
some o the things aboot thon person that mak them sae special tae
rae thon moment and tell that person aw the things ye’re able ta
Has there been yin person keepin yer faimily gawin ower
6 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
nely herts style advert for a person ye’d like tae celebrate wi.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
, is scrievit halely in first person voice and addressed tae an un
Marie. Scrievit in the first person and kythin at the verra end o
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
amilton Auld Parish Kirk. The person as taen it hud gone ther oota

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s boady. She’s no the first person ah’ve encountered in this s
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Saicont Person Plural Pronoon
cots and Gaelic hae a saicont person plural pronoon; as, indeed, d
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oats quickly turn tae the yin person who really matters in hale si
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ock ye but dinnae harass said person again. It's bad enough im lab(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
ould be gid tae get it to the person who should have got it.. The (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
! How bout doin a makeover wi person wi arm disabilities etc! As w(2015) search twitter
ight get tae meet you both in person! This goal is achievable! Don(2015) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
r certain groups. Mibbe 'deif person' to refer to a specific perso(2019) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
stal wind... even allowed one person only of my now down to four f(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
e. It wis guid tae see her in person. Ah've no seen her fer 3 year(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
affles and amazes me that ony person born, raised and biding in Sc(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
ts in mid 80s. It meant crazy person... "ya waa-heid" either in fu (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
a chaotic mess, a mischievous person like a wee besom? How wid you (2019) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
s tae get upset at a Scottish person for... scrieving in their ain (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
sential travel only, only ane person gettin the messages, gangin t(2021) search twitter
tae that because it brings up person(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
b no resolving issues with a person who uses people - for there (2020) twitter link
s job after all - as for the person who reported it - get a life (2021) twitter link
11 people followed me and one person unfollowed me // automaticall (2020) twitter link
3 people followed me and one person unfollowed me // automaticall (2020) twitter link
- wow - a wee tune for the person is apt - the twist - chubby (2020) twitter link
and 25 other occurrences.

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
her we're leukin for a missin person here ... or a corp?' on page 80

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
please introduce me tae this person. Ee's like dith warmed up. on page 40

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"I dinna wint tae be this person,' I confided in Ellen. I wisn on page 59

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e chunce tae spik tae anither person. Donald's bairns had baith mo on page 77

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
tak ti the air. For €5 per person, tak the Gaia cable car tae g on page 10

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eft till make wan respectable person!" on page 14
t, an then, if A lek be-an at person, A'll come up: if no, A'll st on page 19
e Moose, who seemed till be a person o authority amang them, calle on page 23
day, becase A wis a different person then." on page 99

4 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
an mak queer faces so that e person reflected in them disnae look
1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
– niver! I am nae a common person like her husband and childer.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
You’re the most Scottish person I’ve ever met, and we meet
1 matches

Rebecca, Casey and Stephen The Baby Dragon, the Wolves and the Lassies, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
y Trixie was the maist hackit person in the glen and she wis so ev
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ten be the case that an obese person juist haesna got the energy,
be said that tellin an obese person tae “juist lose wecht” is
e faur aff tellin a depressed person tae “juist be happy.” It
3 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
A braw example o foo juist ae person can mak a gigantic difference
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the evil ee on them. The only person she could think on faa micht
Beannie hid tellt her if the person that cursed her came tae the
fowk came tae see Michael in person and tae apologise for his pen
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
because she wiz sic a private person. That mornin though the lassi
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
y haein a conversation wi the person or persons in front o ye. Wiz
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae a particularly important person that I noticed ootside the pu
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
well. Mary a deeply religious person hid niver in her life imagine
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d tae the most severe looking person she'd ever set eyes upon. “
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
der they are. Nor daes either person in a relationship hae mair o
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e fit means Go away you silly person! " http://t.co/J1EZ64PmFw(2014) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
? More likely to be aboot a ‘person’ maybe. Och, I dinna ken....(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ng on fae the tag meaning Fit person!(2017) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
g, eejit), bizcocho/a (bonnie person, literally a biscuit), chuspa (2021) twitter link
Haud gyaan. Victories come ae person at a time. For ilka gomeril, (2021) twitter link
an aa - means hog or stupid person. (2020) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
they had not one ex military person involved in their wee club. A (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
othing else can. I am at this person's mercy. on page 85

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Dey most a gotten da wrang person. What wye wid dey hae a box f on page 22

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
real. But of course, no real person looks like that nowadays." on page 35

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ks aboot da spaeker (da first person), da addressee (da siccint pe on page 52
rms shaas a odds idda siccint person atween da polite singular an on page 58
pairt fae da siccint an third person singular, at's markit wi da p on page 71
person singular: A'm here, amn I? (f on page 92
ee. Hit's wint tae be a third person pronoun on page 98

8 matches

Williamson, Christie Guide, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
important person tae dy
maist important person.
2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
"be" auxiliary tag fir da 1st person singular: A'm here, amn I? (f

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Just witnessed a person runnin up da face o Birkie Hi (2020) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
. I'm as pro indy as the nixt person but better tae wait till aa d(2021) search twitter

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I'm no a Christmassy person, but I do lik da feelin I get(2013) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
dem dats its supposed to be 1 person per household only #ThereIsSo (2020) twitter link
horrible. Whit a vile peerie person (2018) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
an then, if Ah lik being yon person, Ah'll come up: if no, Ah'll on page 19
terday, as Ah was a different person then." on page 102

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
she wis merked as a ‘missin person’. There were nae mair delee
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Short o yin person to play derts the night onybo(2012) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
anin; a positive and cheerful person/happy gang-l(2020) search twitter
As a Deaf person, a can see what a cannae hear(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
uil tae deal wi Miss Filly in person. on page 21

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Name of person niver lasts on page 20

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
in person an' oanline. on page 27
an' taakin in waark wi' furst person on page 53
ess trainin'. Available in in-person an' hybrid an' oanline format on page 61

3 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ay, ah think ye’re the best person at tellin stories in the worl
1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
to describe a clumsy, awkward person or even a footery object i.e.(2020) search twitter
e. And you might hear a noisy person called 'a bletherer' or simpl(2020) search twitter

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