A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

selection Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 9.3 13.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2818 9 0 1 0 0
Number of authors22 14 7 1

Occurrences of selection in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
re tae watch fur n by natural selection some ir our enemies, which ma on page 10

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
thare's a muckle selection on page 14

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Wid be ma ideal selection on page 105

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s cherished books, the meagre selection, on page 17

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
an leaflets is providit in a selection o tongues, Scots shuid be, as on page 14

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he buffet is full o the usual selection o cucumber and tuna sandwiche on page 4

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
disavous ony notion that his selection and exclusion are definitive. on page 95

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the owthors haes wrutten: our selection was governed by relative hist on page 130

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
t of issues. Wi his grandiose selection of wurds he intended to tackl
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
s cherished beuks, the meagre selection,
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
or owre mony years, but noo a selection o the texts hae been made ava
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
eenit hus a breengin an braid selection o subjects an topics oan it;
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Tak a luk at his selection o implements and shiver then

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ill ye: are ye involvit i the selection ony poesie I Scots for Pushin(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
e this resource here - a wee selection fae the wheen o wirds that #S (2020) twitter link
cots in schools website has a selection o literature wi audio: https: (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
her - hope ee get a cadburys selection box fae santa n rudolph gees (2020) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
eal section, giein the meagre selection a scan. Efter judgin on page 72

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
they didna hae an affa great selection an the anes they did hae war on page 25
an Pauline Afaistane made er selection fir the "transfiguration'. on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nerin in aboot, layin oot his selection o pan-scrubbers, soap, pegs, on page 90

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
mewey tae ate anaa, wi a wide selection o fuid cultures tae explore. on page 8

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fleer an launched inno a braw selection o reels, jigs an strathspeys
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
same at Christmas alang wi a selection box each. The man hid a job a
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa’s aeten their selection box already! https://t.co/Krg(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
intil yer Spotify Scots lang selection. Fit a bonnie body o wirk we (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
lets faes it, dey ay ir) an a selection o hit’s comrades had med hi
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