Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

remark	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.6	9.6	10.5	0	5.8	82.7	39.8
Number of occurrences	44	19	7	0	1	8	9
Number of authors	14	9	2		1	1	1

Occurrences of remark 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
id opportunity tae repeat his remark, wae variations. "Ah'll jist on page 57
aw Keen oan the tone ae this remark, an though it'd be as well ta on page 59
choosin tae ignore this last remark. on page 73

3 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sel that sune showed his 1968 remark up as gyte! Acause it wis Per on page 38

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
star. 'Good use of rhyme,' ah remark, alangside the second. on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
bust at the mere thoat ae his remark. A few seconds passed where w on page 31
Fae that remark ah didnae need tae be Columbo on page 37
aeboady seems tae be takin ma remark seriously goin wae the wey th on page 58
A hertless remark which sends me oan the defens on page 63
Efter that hertless remark, ah kin see that the real Ald on page 106
Also on pages 113
6 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
metimes ma faither wid pass a remark aboot ma uncles drinkin. Ma m on page 76

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
om my surprise, I ventured to remark to the enigmatical personage on page 12

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
erly, they haed seen much tae remark upon. Efter a brief period o
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
when ithir lecturin’ staff remark, how nice it must be tae get
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’Here yae go’’ ah remark. While ah produce the tube fa
s levelled oot in spite ae ma remark. Like ah mentioned before, eh
2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r hauf-turnt an addressed his remark tae the wee getherin o folk,
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
o that wis a mair generalised remark at how whenever I scrieve in (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Noo, fan somebody lets fa a remark lik that, ye dinna mak up a s on page 14

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
opportunity for repeatan his remark, wi changes. "A'll sit here," on page 55
didna at all lek e tone o iss remark, an thoucht id wid be as weel on page 57
oosan no till notice iss last remark. on page 71
roond. (Id wis iss last remark at hed made e whole party loo on page 84
hedna attended till iss last remark, "Id's a vegetable. Id disna on page 87
Also on pages 94
6 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ame, da Wheen merely passin a remark at wan meenit o pittin aff ti on page 93

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
opportunity fur repeatin heis remark, wi variations. "Ah'm gaun ta on page 56
no at aw lik th soond o this remark, an thocht eet would b' as we on page 58
etter tae say than eis firrst remark, "Eet was th best butter, ee on page 68
e felt bamboozlt. Th Hatter's remark seemed tae hae nae sort o mea on page 69
e, choosin tae blank yon last remark. on page 73
Also on pages 86, 88, 89
8 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
d opportunity tae repeat haes remark, wi some changes. "A'll sit h on page 57
ce didnae lik the tone o this remark ava, an thocht it wud bae es on page 59
etter tae say than haes furst remark, "It wus the best butter, yae on page 69
lt wile puzzelt. The Hatter's remark seemt tae hae nae soart o mea on page 70
e pye onie heid tae this last remark. on page 74
Also on pages 87, 89, 90, 97
9 matches