A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

section Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.3 24.7 7.5 9.9 75.6 0 48.7
Number of occurrences7949 5 1 13 0 11
Number of authors33 25 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of section in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Shame aboot the lower section on page 11

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The men's section on page 15

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
and black - but there's no a section o paint that's no cracked. Ah on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
arch wis spent oan the campin section at on page 52
ss yae coont the hoarse racin section in the daily record, that is. on page 86

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
t as poems, bit as sangs. Yin section entitled 'A Whole Language' r on page 84

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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
be haulit up, ae thirty foot section at a time, unscrewit an stack on page 48

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
r, as ye wul see! Oor reviews section is settlin doun anaw; the'r n on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Detained oan Section 18, on page 37
An ah've mind this section, that man, this run, on page 81
nae fair. In the saicond main section (76-118) Horace muivs oan fra on page 116

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
een better days. There's no a section o paint that's no cracked. Ah on page 4

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
This section briefly lists the key reasons on page 4

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
pit these ballads in the Sang section, sae nae doot they were said on page 62

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ist o the time readin the Fun Section o the Sunday Parchments." on page 33

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Polis Station, Lost Property section, seems Ah've tae sign some fo on page 113

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e gree for the 2002 Secondary section wi a thocht provokin poem cri
In the Primary section it wis peels for the winner a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
uphauds is setten oot in this section as:- Welsh, Gaelic, Irish an
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
28. In the section “Rationale”, the Guidelin
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
. The slogan for the Scottish section is "We are whit we read: whit
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
a first prize in the Scottish Section o the Scottish International
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Scotland on Sunday‘s Review Section a piece that ettled tae gie a
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l, haudin on til a pairt-time section that haed muckle acclaim wi i
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Section 5, in partícular, staunds oo
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
ay, bein telt in the comments section o this wabsite that the Scots
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e next room. He’s knocked a section ay waw oot, openin up the dou
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he points tae the appointment section. ‘. . .It clearly says Ten.
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ctin folk tae their delegated section an there’s nae real risk in
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
esit an gettin haud o the Fun Section oot o her Sunday Post sae we
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
n theym days the children’s section (which wis the only ticket ah
age doon in the children’s section. Then ah seen hum lookin’ a
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Scott wis the Heid o’ Section an’ anithir Outdoory. He wi
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ssed that the Eastern Walfare Section wadna check wi the Northern.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
wi entries for the Secondary section an thae results will be gien
The entries tae the Primary section wis richt guid an shawed a me
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
rown's airticle in the Ecosse section o the Sunday Times (9 Juin),
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
o thae airts. Clickin oan ilk section o the wabsite taks ye tae mai
In the Education section jist ane o the links (Written
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
Jynt Rinner-up in the Poesie Section o Sangschaw 2020 and had seve
ots Leid raither than the Fun Section o the Sunday Post.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tarily dry bokin. There’s a section ae society, eh? And you might
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@Chazzbat tweeted
rt o racism. Thur's clearly a section o society wha automatically s(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Huv a look it the CPD section fur new resources Ah helped d(2016) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ally The writer o the grammar section o the 'Scots Language and Cul (2020) twitter link
e @ScotGovScots The 'grammar' section o the Scots Language and Cult (2020) twitter link
Hae a luik at oor updatit section oan CLPL fir teachers! Click (2018) twitter link
r Hunt'. They hae a teachers' section anaw! https://t.co/scfcVaxtal (2018) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ed his wye tae the ready meal section, giein the meagre selection a on page 72

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
This year there wis a section for the heaviest cabbage. Ae
Fin they came tae the local section. there wis a flooer that hid
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aith vrocht in the Fishin Ha' section. Ye cud smell it lang afore y
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
oot. But in i meantime. North Section Water Polo is now ootside for(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
She shows us the upholstery section. It taks sivven baests tae pr
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a kirn milk is fae da Polish section in Tesco, fur nane a da young on page 9

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ic languages (see da previous section) maks a big enyoch odds fae a on page 20
nslation tae ging alang wi it section bi section. on page 21
is da study o soonds, an dis section spaeks aboot da soond system on page 22
"biggeen stanes" o wirds. Dis section spaeks aboot da main biggeen on page 38
boot dat inna Chapter 7). Dis section'll look first at da lexical c on page 46
Also on pages 61, 63, 69, 76, 95, 98
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Section Yin: Policy Analysis an' Fram on page 3
ections. The approach to each section was: on page 5
Section Yin: Policy Analysis an' on page 13
Section Twa: Statement o' Veesions on page 22
cademic research an' forderin section. on page 27
Also on pages 55, 70
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