A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

reckon Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.2 22.1 28.6 0 5.8 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences6843 19 0 1 4 1
Number of authors31 18 10 1 1 1

Occurrences of reckon in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
arx cried it, religion, an ah reckon he wisnae far wrang. If it gi on page 10

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n stomach. What do you think? Reckon you could handle cleaning up on page 104

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ere's something but it disnae reckon on page 75
min has smeddum an neck ayont reckon on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uickly fill oot their bets ah reckon every yin ae thum wid take od on page 37
hud hated it sae much. But ah reckon it hud suttin tae dae wae the on page 67
when ah hink back now then ah reckon ma enthusiasm in leapin tae h on page 70
t fate or anyhing, eh? but ah reckon this lassie could well be the on page 76
nae come roond tae the hoose. Reckon hey dad's awready oan his thi on page 130
Also on pages 156
6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
epers by a freen o mine, an A reckon the name fits. They' re jist on page 17
ded that wis choice eneugh? A reckon it's jist because sae monie o on page 30
t a united front agin whit we reckon tae be Scotland's best intere on page 47
o lookin at things, some fowk reckon Diageo, that owns sae monie o on page 134

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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
'Aw weel,' he said, 'A reckon it's mine's. See here boss, y on page 53

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
They reckon he'd mibbes scored a bad bag, on page 51

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
rite in Scots. It is hard tae reckon jist hoo faur the problem o S on page 6

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
l time an on guid wages. They reckon gin I score goals the wey I'v on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
staun alane efter 1560? Thay reckon the airms race wis nou ayont on page 110

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
fowk intil’t an set oot tae reckon hoo mony ootrels the micht be
hat used a puckle factors tae reckon the likeliheid o the nummer o
2 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
Suin, A reckon, Scotland will rejyne the war
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s a bird ay prey. An eagle ah reckon, hingin in the air in defianc
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
un at the centre ay it aw. Ah reckon ah kin quite comfortably take
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
xa knows hur ain mind, but ah reckon she’d huv been a lassie nex
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
tae tak a bet. Pure stupit ah reckon, bit if ah wis bored an’ so
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Josie, noo I reckon she even tops Senga on the di
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nners’ ae room elsewhere. A reckon he’s in his forties. Huffin
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e pies. An’ that’s why ah reckon that in some way, he actually
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
n into wi’ Si tonight but I reckon I dinnae mind. Simon ken whit
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
arx cried it, religion, an ah reckon he wisnae far wrang. If it gi
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ous expletives tae himsel. Ah reckon ah'd be well within ma rights
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in the sky, of course. So, ah reckon that the cunts up there might
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@MartinBroon tweeted
urnie needs another run oot A reckon??. ??????????????(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
ly_white_2 @scottfitzpatr13 I reckon her Scots broth couldnae hiv (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
watching The Handmaid's Tale reckon they're glued tae that! (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Pacey @pele_anderson hey - a reckon thats the nb fry fish supper (2021) twitter link
lacher @paulmccracken89 aye a reckon - a wid never gaun intae ano (2020) twitter link
@JakeMoyes1108 @grantsneddon5 reckon your top of the list for self (2020) twitter link
day wae eersel n simon m8 n a reckon we r the only trio oh lads wh (2021) twitter link
likes a dominating wimmin m8 reckon hees her slave lol (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ellen hid it worse, I reckon. We niver thought o tellin oo on page 58

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Div ye reckon ony een'!] buy't? on page 15

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
til he meisured, I reckon, echt fuit,
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ness in homogenising class. I reckon this crowd is predominantly w (2020) twitter link
Hoban in wi Taylor - then I reckon you’ve got midfield 3 of Ojo (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
stuff nae handy fitters l wid reckon(2020) search twitter
Jist washed car reckon there wis nearly a mixed gril(2020) search twitter
@muddy_40 Nae yet reckon, maist o crop will be lifted (2020) search twitter
hnPMCooke Yoons nae varsity I reckon(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
sandrew_ fuck knows min. They reckon hes still nae fully fit fae a(2013) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
arted) Jack Webster seemed to reckon ‘Henderson’ was an aul NE n(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ither loves her quiltin’ n I reckon I could jist aboot mak a cush(2020) search twitter
t tweeted ma first celeb. You reckon i'll get a reply? Usually i'd(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
70 year auld & a body o' 95 I reckon! ???? #needwhiskey #sundaycre(2019) search twitter
@stuart4585 @Al_Summers83 Ye reckon!!(2019) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
inna tell her) and a haircut. Reckon e Turra economy hiz fairly s(2020) search twitter
@BrewDogJames @AldiUK I reckon LALDI wid o bin funny(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
ide, so shu'll turn dat wye I reckon. So da skyipper says, We bett
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
en Ah got up this moarnin? Ah reckon Ah kin maybes mind feelin a w on page 18
aun Scots", thocht Ahlice; Ah reckon eet's a Freench moose, come o on page 21
did that? - Eet was Bill, Ah reckon - Whae's tae gaun doon th lu on page 37
il in th sea, tho ee micht no reckon eet - " on page 93

4 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
aing daes yer hairt guid an A reckon it's pit me in guid foarm fur on page 30

1 matches

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