Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

refused	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.4	13.3	15	19.9	5.8	10.3	0
Number of occurrences	40	26	10	2	1	1	0
Number of authors	25	15	6	2	1	1

Occurrences of refused in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
seein as the Lory point-blank refused tae tell them her age, thir w on page 25

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
the principles o the Kirk, he refused tae read the English Book o C on page 30
nt by a murderous captain wha refused tae open the hatches despite on page 39

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ss that wey ony mair, an he'd refused a lift fae me. Sae he must ha on page 76

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nsed somethin wisnae richt an refused tae sell them onie. They gied on page 104

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
aw day. And even then they aw refused a ride back tae the factory i on page 175

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
They refused tae even gie him his coal! - on page 68

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e's never oot the clubs. Kate refused. on page 2

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
yle fence, and am immediately refused entry.
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ned multiple times, the guard refused tae believe them, and kicked
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
s pal gits it wrang and he is refused entry so he decides tae try a
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
to anything in life’. A lad refused by his English teachers his r
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
rebellious teenager stage. He refused point blank, needless tae say
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wis chitterin. Her shoothers refused tae relax back oot o the shru
h. Raw resin. His sisters had refused tae yaise the pysin for thair
. Raggle acceptit watter, bit refused ocht else. Beatrice sut doon
Bit Raggle refused tae listen tae this kin o hai
4 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
m hame again. Some meenisters refused tae accept he really wis orda
ick wis agin this indulgence, refused tae accept it an continued hi

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
The Presbyterians refused tae obey the King. By 1682 th

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
anters they didna denie it an refused to tak the Abjuration oath �

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
order tae set him free but he refused tae come aff the Rock till th
great an the guid. Still they refused tae apologise so he gied up a

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Moran even refused permission tae the Cabrach ki
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
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abscess, fae ma GP, but they refused. Telt me tae dial 111. 111 au(2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
nd the thrawn auld bugger hid refused tae gie us onymair till me Da on page 42

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
twice refused a higher rankin on page 64

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
wis, an, as e Lory positively refused till tell ids age, air wisna on page 23

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
eenager wis in custody an hid refused tae utter a word. He also rea on page 118

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
it simply refused tae go. Jonsar Eck coodnae un
refused tae gie Jonsar anither poun.
he grun an growled. He simply refused tae
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
refused tae mak ony.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ot the ghost she’d seen and refused point blank tae gang doon for
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e spark-plugs bit, still, hid refused tae start. on page 41

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
whar papar refused ony maet traeted on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
t's just too rude" - but sho refused tae tell wis whit dat meant t

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
t was, an, as th Lory totally refused tae tell eets age, there was on page 24

1 matches