A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

services Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.9 24.2 15.1 0 5.8 10.3 35.4
Number of occurrences6747 10 0 1 1 8
Number of authors35 26 5 1 1 2

Occurrences of services in Corpus

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Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o sacraments and services, on page 129

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
at dinnae attend the curates' services ...' He paused for braith, th on page 26
in tae attend the meenister's services - an compeared tae answer af on page 40

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ere!" he cried. "It's got nae services, nae runnin watter, naethin!" on page 196

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
overage than providin daicent services, or giein value fer money. Ji on page 37
. Aw the warld's intelligence services kennt fine that the Trident t on page 55
e at the meenit fer 'external services', aid, embassies an consulate on page 148

3 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ik a major pairt i the annual Services in Scots organised bi the Aib on page 4

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
. Noo he had five sons in the services. Weel, unknown tae us at the on page 76

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
easily pey fir some lassie's services on page 112

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
and then tae Flyman Financial Services, every time askin efter Mr. P on page 62

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Ane o Eddication an Community Services for East Lothian will praisen
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n fine-tuin offers o guids an services.
upbiggin its empire by eikin services ither nor wab searches. In 20
r, unalike maist ither e-mail services, Google Mail disna gie the or
The affcome o aw thir services is that, wi juist the ae snec
s leuks like child protection services’.
7 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
trative authorities an public services, the media, cultural activiti
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
oont o langage uise, gie mair services throu the medium o Gaelic an
role in the delivery o public services, leisure, social, an commerci
role in the delivery o public services athin Scotland, cairryin oot
din, regulation an scrutiny o services as weil as giein independent,
4 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cowpin aw kin-kynd o virtual services, guids an gear. For ordinar s
s (www.nbhorizons.com) offers services tae gie ithers a haund gaun i
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ed a central pairt in chaipel services in the newly-foondit universi
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Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rdly surprisin that emergency services get even mair streetchit.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
irns dependit on her. For her services ma granny got peyed wi an egg
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
g. Aye tae keeping wir public services public, but naw tae the coonc
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tae hear aboot the ongauns an services that the Scottish Language Di
taen an aw in whit graith an services cuid be providit bi Itchy Coo
2 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
re as weel as necessar social services
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ations Bill, tae gie security services unprecedented access tae the
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
o haird times. The emergency services haes proved their wurth in ba
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
oned or budgets fir essential services cut. We hae foon wur voices a
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
s o protectin welfare, public services and promotin social justice.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
er localisation or owersettin services in a Scottish context.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
lab of lorne, by the security services cause they thought it was sem(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e an dae jigsaws dinna expect services nor veesitors(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
erve iverythin ye get fir yir services tae oor leid. An dinnae let t (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ans* folk fae accessin public services.(2020) search twitter
ir ye're still watchin? Ither services, like iPlayer, Netflix an Pri(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
e! Weel deserved winner o the Services to Scots Award tae.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
her pay for all the emergency services that had to attend! (2020) twitter link
there page - a did offer ma services to set up a blockade of the s (2020) twitter link
pal - jist thot ad offer ma services as a supervisor lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
maanie that haed come tae the services afore my time. He was a rale on page 89

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
on a Setterday, forby the twa services on a Sunday. They wad nivver on page 72

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
twa o them haed been attendin services for months! Fat dae ye mak o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e rules this aince, fur aa ma services in fundin medical research. F
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
? At this moment the Security Services were trying tae decipher the
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
oodies fur sale Cruden Bay IT Services Bought owl notebook fur jis Â(2016) search twitter
Cyber Cafe aat Cruden Bay IT Services https://t.co/13NOmUV4f2 https(2016) search twitter
AhÂ’m sae proud: Army Medical Services Museum Ash Vale has added ma (2016) search twitter
a freen Ray aat Cruden Bay IT Services in village Post Office offers(2017) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
he wis involved wi da social services, an dan da police, an wis fin on page 57

1 matches

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
was dwindlin'. Attendances at services got less and less every year
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' services. on page 12
hudnae onie leuk tae "buy in" services bit mak' siccar, quhar possib on page 17
t fer tae gie leid owresettin services fer the 9 Executive depairtme on page 58
areness an' visability o' apt services at ir gien bae public authori on page 59
nt tae gie central owresettin services fer the 9 executive depairtme on page 60
Also on pages 63, 69
7 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Ecumenical services micht be ill tae thole
1 matches

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