A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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register Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24 33.8 6 19.9 0 31 8.9
Number of occurrences7867 4 2 0 3 2
Number of authors30 21 4 1 2 2

Occurrences of register in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
me'll be near tae mine in the register. on page 45
s addet tae the bottom ae the register after Zoe Welsh's. Because th on page 46
wready startet readin oot the register: on page 169

5 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
l Census even tho the General Register Office (Scotland)'s ain estim on page 8
search Report (1996). General Register Office for Scotland. Edinburg on page 24

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
h cairried oot be the General Register Office for Scotland in connec on page 9

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
icues gey-near-Gothic(k) cash register, fetchin cairtwheel coppers a on page 72

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
fleitch a curn o us intae the register-hooses. on page 130
ark haes been waled fae baith register hooses (an awfie papers never on page 132

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
one the T.V. license fowk tae register ma new address. Noo A aye pre
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a anonymised; the cookie is a register o aw searches till 2038.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
, et foumartskynnis’ in the Register of the Great Seal of Scotland
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
uid tae see whit the official register o the leid wis like at sindry
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the question o an expository register.
The expository register o a langage is the ane at’s
pairts o prose writin. Sic a register is forordinar conservative â€
he’r raesons whit wey sic a register maun be conservative. The fir
Anither raeson an expository register maun be conservative is the p
14 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
n general acause o the formal register, an in parteicular acause o s
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
gage it maun hae a expository register, an a expository register mau
, an a expository register maun hae a regular grammar.
ck a grammar for a expository register. I’m gaun ti suggest, tho,
l as a foond for a expository register.
as the foond for a expository register, an follaein the English is n
9 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
enre, a dialect or a leeterar register. It micht e’en be a “para
ble in a semple but authentic register o Scots owersetten uisin the
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
r Inglish at baith ends o the register scale is the variant o Scots
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s haes. Firstlins a body maun register an syne dounlade an instaw sa
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
John that gart William keep a register o thermometer data an record
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
THE General Register Office for Scotland haes furt
t up tae the time the General Register Office for Scotland speirs ap
General Register Office for Scotland
intact language with a single register…" She listens for an reflec
xemplar o a character chyngin register when the occasion demands it.
5 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the extent ah cannae properly register whit’s bein sais. Conscious
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
necessary self-awareness tae register how much ay a smug prick they
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
.’ It takes me a minute tae register who Bill is.
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
rae the raither owre-informal register it’s sae aesie as faa intil
Pickin up on the mention o register, this is the saicont in a ser
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
It takes me a minute tae register whit he sais, ‘Ye knew ma D
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
te oot on him, they seemt tae register that there wis somethin byord
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
stertit keepin its ain formal register o gaitherings an enactments a
gue. Aince mair the reenge an register o Scots wis biggit up as spea
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n a consistent prose style or register appropriate for siclike domai
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
These straiddle high and low register and include exemples sic as â
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
kin intae accoont context and register, the former wid maist likely
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
but surely, Danny appears tae register that this guy hus miscoonted.
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Aye but tae be fair the register wis a bit totty. And some stu (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
eak in, then they told me tae register it along wi ma old account wh (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
the morn at 18:30, an ye can register here: https://t.co/CWuhmuKoXw (2020) twitter link
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an in Aiberdeen oan Thursday! Register tae attend here: https://t.co (2019) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ce. Ah nivvir ken whether tae register wi a doactor or a vet. Ae nic on page 40

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ng wir bunk details an pey te register...an syne gie im twalve poun on page 6

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
™s features an content widnae register a connection wi maist simple
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
sk o Ian Mate fae the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). I
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
gee gars makkan a whole nyow register tae write wi – wir no yet g
hid's a trachle tae imagine a register o contemporar Scots suitid ta
2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
. The uissfuness o Scots as a register for auncient Chinese musardri on page 34

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Starting in 25 mins, please register, lug in, support oor #Scots A (2020) twitter link
Starting in a 1/2 hr, please register, lug in, enjoy, support oor # (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
said Maisie, an she tried tae register that Tam had a wean, that Tam on page 4

1 matches

@fairfaaye tweeted
ots poet @StuartPoet. Please *register* by clicking on 'Sign Up Here(2020) search twitter

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