A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

should've Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 4.6 12 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences189 8 0 0 1 0
Number of authors12 7 4 1

Occurrences of should've in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ah should've done this afore noo, in truth on page 11

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
gonnae be sick again man, Ah should've probably chapped mah maw an d on page 3

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
osion an I covered my e'en. I should've kept them covered because the on page 22

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
if ye ask me noo, ma brithers should've spoken mair aboot it, cause i on page 43
they wir uffa lovey-dovey, ye should've seen thim lookin et each ithe on page 46

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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
-out winger. If ye ask me, he should've started the match. But it wou
ttered them. Could've scored. Should've scored.
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
hat the day. poor on the day. should've done better tae see it out at(2016) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Shown whit? How He should've done it??(2019) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I SHOULD'VE KINT BUTTER on page 80
I'm oot o' luck, I should've seen. on page 99

4 matches

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
ruction, so I didna dae fit I should've deen afore the next instructi
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@73Bain Aye, of course. I should've stuck at een in ana(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@aimeeannenaylor I cane she should've made him de the 3rd paragraph(2011) search twitter
owning in a pile o claes that should've been pit awa last week!(2011) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ot @Historic_Ally @DundeePoet Should've went tae Rugby Park fir a dai(2020) search twitter