A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

se Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words48.4 12.9 161.3 9.9 63.9 113.7 0
Number of occurrences15525 107 1 11 11 0
Number of authors25 15 7 1 1 2

Occurrences of se in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
he bottle oan the concret, lp se the spron an waved the jaggit on page 1

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
eh'se waarint hits rift on page 66

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Me as his wife. I'se thole ma shame, on page 18

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
We'se faa tae sleepin ower our maet on page 50

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
seekin a flat in the toun (Na Seòmraichean bi Màiri NicGumar on page 126

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Se 'l cor di Becchina fosse diam on page 42

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
third-cless ceitizens. Dae y'se want tae hirple alang or div on page 121

2 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
t us luikin ti thon screin ti se
O aw the things this warld ti se a mukkil hae we sein
t A jalousie thai’d lykt ti se the things that we hae sein.
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
eftir thon wringe, I’se wauger.”
loy ti finnd Ruth bi than A’se warrand, gin A
Gin yeir houss is tint, ye’se can cum byde wi me.” Ebenez
3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Po Mas Charlie, yuh no know se
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
i time for your dinner, for I'se warrand ye'll soon be growin
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
r gruesome ower fast, but A’se warrant this is a new phase o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ng gate tae daein pairt o the SE's job for thaim.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
Hackston is important ye’ll se why the morn. Durin his field

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
us at hame. Fae the French “se fâcher”, we hae “dinnae
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ss aboot shared wird-kist per se nor the ease o idomatic flitt
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
that wis sair’) imitated by SE English speakers using the sa(2018) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ding on a railway platform in SE England and after the 4th tra (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He's kecklin an lachin, I'se warn at them aa on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Se foo ir you an Casanova gettin on page 13
rt. "Ah'v nivver seen onythin se orra in aa ma days." on page 14
"Se fit wis the ootcome?" speered on page 16
Eric," said Winnie, "it's nae se funny fin the joke's oan you. on page 20
ll tell ye aa aboot it fin Ah se ye." on page 21
Also on pages 22, 23, 28, 32, 33, 34, 37, 39, 42, 43, 53, 54, 57, 62, 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 79, 84, 86
34 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
." An Jesus said till him, "I'se warren, iss verra day ye'll b on page 120

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Se ye'r nae gaun te ging doon an on page 6
peety at hairdressers ir nae se thin oan the grun. Ye'r fairl on page 8
Pullzit. He'd a cancellation, se he seen ma richt awa. Appaire on page 9
ill o the deed, bit he wisna se quait es ye micht think." Dun on page 14
Se Mac wis retired afore he aive on page 17
Also on pages 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 35, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 50
31 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e said, 'Ee're back hame an I'se warran ee hid a wunnerfu day' on page 83
a name in aa ma born days. I'se warran it's nae on ony leet o on page 84

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
s. Cheetie my dou, come an we'se lat on-" An I wuss I cwid tel on page 13
thingies intil't! Come an we'se lat on at there some gait for on page 14
amen," the Keing heild on, "I'se niver, niver forget!" on page 19
tlie, "gin I dinna hurry up I'se hae tae ging back throwe the on page 23
ack tae the hous! Weel aan, I'se pree the idder wye." on page 24
Also on pages 27, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35, 39, 46, 53, 61, 64, 68, 71, 86, 88, 95
35 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
bush, naebody wull se me here. As she wis gettin re
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tae his hoose in Richmond tae se if he funcied a pint ??. Lege (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And, beca'se o his passive smokeen, he'd b on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
f Stockholm) fir lattin wis øse his survey at's gyaan on eeno on page 19
ons o Shaetlan spaekers. Da øse o silent e an w characters is on page 36
derivations. Ee systematic øse o - ie is tae mak nouns (enti on page 39
4.3.1.3 Whin tae øse hit an whin tae øse it in Sh on page 56
(ān - een) wis set by fir øse as da pronoun, whaaras da red on page 67
Also on pages 74, 75
11 matches

Southern

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
ight be able tae help. A hope se onywei.
1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
sh were jumpin'. There wasnae se mony o' thum that day and the
i stanes ana', cos there's no se much o' a waterfall at the bo
The fish dinnae need tae jump se high tae git ontae the slope.
3 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
yin time? In fact, there was se mony Italians in oor communit
1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
a' was fair heartened tae sei se mony high schule pupils among
rents and their teachers that se mony o' thum took the time ta
e reflect on what was geen be se mony, for se few. Bit it's ev
mony, for se few. Bit it's even mair o' a
whole generation of folk, no se much aulder than thumsels.
5 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
stle has always been a dream. Señor Ashley sent me pictures o(2020) search twitter

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