A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

reads Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.2 21.7 12 49.7 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5943 8 5 1 2 0
Number of authors32 23 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of reads in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
advice aboot pullin lassies, reads like a ghost story or an urba on page 11

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Thursday fur the Herald. Only reads the coort bit. 'Got tae keep on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t to do that at school." Iona reads ma mind, speakin through what on page 3

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
The lad covers a line that reads 'My life is a coalescence of on page 7

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s wae a sign oan they'm which reads 'Dog Kennels'. We walk in and on page 160

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi reads literature on page 84

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
In some weys the buik reads as a kinna historie o the Sco on page 84

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e in aw that but ma ma always reads her horoscope so ab know a we on page 104

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
The lad covers a line that reads 'My life is a coalescence of on page 8
'There's no I in 'Team'' reads the biggest poster oan the wa on page 15
deep in concentration as she reads ma story. on page 32
e seconds tae realise that it reads like wan an aw. He's nae Dant on page 50

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
o is that maist fowk speaks, reads an writes in thair ain leid p on page 33

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the remnants o the cake that reads 'Happy Birthday' in blue icin on page 4
got a wee silver trinket that reads, 'A friend in need is a frien on page 46
t and next tae it a card that reads: on page 112
the back o the church as she reads, but wance she gets intae hur on page 114

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
she reads and unnerstauns the scunner o on page 10

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ggit sign in a forgotten leid reads KEEP OUT - GOVERNMENT PROPER on page 9

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
w the subjecks, tho whiles it reads a bittie mechanical-like in i on page 110

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
merits liggs i the fack at it reads in a Scots seimilar til medie on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ment o surpreise whan Fleming reads Jesus's neist wurds: I am in on page 136

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
anent this sang. Lord Birsay reads the haill poem on SSC 007 an on page 46

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
here's Trouble for Maw Broon' reads mair like a swatch o twa-hand on page 91

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
e try agane. If the fowk that reads this wad like tae record fit
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ower the years an hou easy it reads tae the day's Scots speakers,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n the Scotsman (18 Dec 1917.) reads ‘While acting as treasurer
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
risin up, e'en nou, whan she reads the papers. It disnae chynge
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The time oan the alarm cloack reads 10:33. ‘COYLE! LET US IN YA
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ck oan the taxi’s dashboard reads 7:56 as it draws up tae the M
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It reads: ‘Copy of letter from Willi
virus situation worsen,” it reads. “Hand gel will be dispense
entually, ah spot a sign that reads SCATA centre. Ah stand ootsid
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
se) Alexander Montgomerie. It reads:
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
itmustveshifted My other half reads them and summarises them for (2019) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Reads like A fit Gaffer for 90 mins(2019) search twitter

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
e get ma heid roon why ma maw reads aw these TV magazines that te (2018) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
James Robertson reads 'Sarah, Fed Up' by Janet Pais (2021) twitter link
tit Trees: Stuart A. Paterson reads Jean Gioni in #Scots" https:/ (2020) twitter link
hian Early Years Practitioner reads The Gruffalo in Scots fir wea (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
she knits, she reads, stares at the fire, on page 17

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Festival' an the 'Reykjavík Reads Festival'. on page 12

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
He reads I' Beezer, an he gied me half on page 101
'words o' a book 'at naebiddy reads on page 115

3 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Inspector McChubb’s report reads like this;
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
at wis erectit in 1861, whilk reads his poignant last wirdies:
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
v nearly missed a puckle guid reads acause o yon. https://t.co/jv(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Jeemsie reads 'March 21st, Same address, De on page 37
letter an slowly opens hid an reads oot... on page 38
He taks the scrap an reads 'Have got landed in Blighty, on page 39

5 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
k at actually spaeks laek dis reads Leonard’s poiems. In ony ca
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ma guidwyfe reads the clessics.
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ans and aabody. My dedication reads "Tae ma ain mither Mima. An t(2020) search twitter

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