A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

remains Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 22.6 15.1 19.9 5.8 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences6144 10 2 1 2 2
Number of authors37 22 9 1 1 2 2

Occurrences of remains in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
's toil, unchaingt, the laund remains. on page 27

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
wi breuken shield his kist's remains, on page 37

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aughin n no geein a fuck. The remains ae the Toi ir gettin scooped on page 46

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
k tae Sorn, bearin the mortal remains o twinty-aicht o their troop on page 52
iped. Strewn amang the rifled remains o plundered packs that had he on page 53

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
stumbled on The dead beast's remains: on page 6
Nae yuise remains fir Tristan an Isolde. on page 43

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
r. Only the boay fae Harrod's remains and noo he is standin alone. on page 42
re that the mood ae the night remains fairly positive. And it's no on page 78
Aldo is ragin' but Craig remains seated. "C'moan, we're oot ae on page 135

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n independent Scotland it aye remains an option. on page 45

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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
ae the north-east o whaur the remains o the broch o Hurley Hawkin a on page 15

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The bluid remains strang, wha could hae duin mo on page 21
ler eneuch tae educate Horace remains a mystery. Horace hissel tell on page 100

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
h ither, and yet eneuch still remains tae be fund ye ken for us and on page ix
Oor frostit ower leavins and remains on page 31

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ult!' ah said, holdin oot the remains o the Amazon and poor Snappy on page 40

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an here lie young Dougie's remains. on page 11

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Capener, Jack Eemis Stane 1 - Syne, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
As a smoored ingle's heat remains, on page 10

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 1 - Ye’re Still Here? It’s Ower. Gang Hame., (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
eded, that the Scots language remains an essential part of our nati on page 24

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McPartlin, John Lallans 73 - Wrack, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
We maun identify whit remains. on page 77

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The bluid remains strang, wha could hae duin mo
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ertly exclusive, but the fact remains that the cities o Scotland wi
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Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
a screwdriver an the scaitert remains o a toilet seat tae hae ony i
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ir their wey o speakin. Thair remains confusion amang the general p
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ut to give her a hug, but she remains still wi a look o confusion o
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
een in oor lifetime, Scotland remains ane o the few countries in th
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s right. The sentiment bloody remains.
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Takin a draw oan whit remains ay the soggy joint McDade gie
es through the centre ay whit remains ay the small crowd flailin hi
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e element ay the relationship remains. It’s a constant. Yer a sla
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
vergrown suburban jungle that remains. Still though, it disnae look
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
w oan the grun reflectin whit remains ay the daylight.
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
we were tae get the dug frae remains a bit sketchy in ma mind. I c
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ese hiv aaready fund whitever remains.”
e tane aff the tatterwalloppy remains o her auld claes, pat on twa
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the nixt ane, an noo the SNP remains politically dominant eneuch t
SNP victory that independence remains the fundamental issue i Scots
i the Welsh Senedd, Halyruid remains as mercifully free frae Cobur
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ae separate sport an politics remains fykie ane. Denyin a regime th
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ae-modren speech version that remains harmonious wi the function o
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oan deaf ears, though. As he remains levelled oot in spite ae ma r
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
that hings will be awrite. He remains stubborn and clearly wants nu
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@ThonJacobite tweeted
The resurrected remains o' Gordon Broon's deid corpse(2021) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Here lie the remains o Jock Smith fae The Braes A on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nd sel fadin awa an jinin the remains at laid caal an stiff aneth t on page 78

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the remains o ane aroon on page 14

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Doon they gied, the mortal remains, in the lea o Tomnaverie. The on page 51

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
the cats remains an, fits mair I think he his
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hie or cause further stramash remains a mystery still. But it is ce
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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
ht I’d hae a sate aside the remains o an illicit still – a gey
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his along with my brother’s remains. He must’ve been trying to
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@72redz1903 tweeted
as part o the backroom but he remains a player? Wid someone want to (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
e new shed, then thur’s the remains o some o the owldest life on
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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
Orkney or Shetland varieties, remains almost entirely restricted ta
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ination at da minute skeletal remains o da plant's latest meal. An on page 91

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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
No much o' that remains on page 23

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@officialAliRed tweeted
and son ramble to explore the remains of Dockra Ironstone Pit which(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Ir whut oo subsistence ir remains on page 16

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
new clesses o' media. Thaire remains mich o' the Ulster-Scots stor on page 29

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