A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

prefer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 15.4 12.1 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4130 8 0 2 1 0
Number of authors34 24 7 2 1

Occurrences of prefer in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ah'd much prefer a song, if the Mock Turtle di on page 104

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ew score notes in yir hand. A prefer that anyway. A Berghaus wid b on page 7

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Mind ye, I prefer the anes on page 19

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t it the mair ah think they'd prefer her hingin aboot wi sumdy lik on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Or mibbes ye prefer tae lie wauken at nicht, hauf on page 107
ure as the Well o Spa; ithers prefer on page 111

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
estit in the law. Mebbe she'd prefer tae come and gie me a haund i on page 85

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Romauncin nems prefer tae lurk an lair on page 47

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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
n cairry. Weel... unless ye'd prefer siller, that is." on page 30

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
no meant tae get aboot, Ah ay prefer tae tell the truith an shame on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ter ma new address. Noo A aye prefer tae spik tae a real live body
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
atin’s ower mongrel an they prefer Proto-Indo-European for chats
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Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
t, she hates it. She’d much prefer if her bed wisna made at a, i
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y or ah kin meet ye if ye’d prefer.”
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hough. Some ay the youngsters prefer tae blatantly ignore the opin
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘I prefer astrostravaiger,’ said Doug
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ocht o as 'the dream team'. I prefer tae cry thaim 'superheroes' f
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’ll tell yae how…cos they prefer peckin’ away at ma fuckin
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n! Ah’m thinkin the Dug-men prefer a bonny face. Bit we aal like
leuk - “they micht e’en prefer it tae bein amputatit. Eejits
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
e, January 2018. Fer theym as prefer it in prose. (albeit peasant
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
“A prefer the music fae a Sidhe piper,
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
r aa I love Oor Wullie (tho I prefer The Broons – ‘broun’ wa
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@jax6754 tweeted
! An if am bein honest a muxh prefer your cover than the Oasis ori(2014) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@sheenz_m_ A know whit wan A prefer....??. ??. ??(2020) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
uck Freedom come all ye.... I prefer that tae what we have any day(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
te the propaganda o those who prefer for that control tae remain a (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
h dae like a snowball, but Ah prefer a German biscuit (Empire bisc(2018) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@AngelaM04920112 I prefer Stephen's tae Greggs.... ?? o (2022) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
uid choice o words the day! I prefer "ain" an "yin" though I have (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
reply. "Perhaps, Madam would prefer to try our Spray-Tan: a compl on page 81

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ah prefer it mair stable like this on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tie assured im. "I'd actually prefer it to be in full view." on page 25

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa wud prefer it tae read “Dinna gee yer g(2017) search twitter

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
Personally I prefer the Doric version. Foonert (f (2024) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
cgeouch as he say. We fitness prefer te hae oor ane loons. https:/(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
seNicol1 most jealous tho wid prefer real coffee!(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t popular word! Fits yours? I prefer glaiket or scunnered masel bi(2019) search twitter

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t kind o wife. She wid laekly prefer a peenie. Best look somewye i
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
win on da pavement. I doobt I prefer my country hom, even wi noisy(2013) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ia TT would take some time. a prefer a terp along with me to dae t(2020) search twitter