A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of somehow in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Her first idea wis that she'd somehow managed tae faw intae the sea on page 20
t-watter hidnae goat intae it somehow), an haunit them oot as prize on page 28
og a smack wae its heid, it'd somehow twist itsel roon an look up i on page 81

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Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e oot me as a stupid cunt hud somehow backfired. Cos he wis sat the on page 36

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
dst the uniform whiteness but somehow cud sense he wis floatin tae on page 48

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ersonally, as if she's failed somehow, n she's that bitter cocktail on page 55

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
d whidderin his tail that wis somehow awfie plausible. Fowk said o on page 6

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ae that state, wi the poverty somehow unfathomably removed. Jeezo, on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
room. But wae this in mind it somehow brings aboot a sense ae brava on page 53
pin. An act ae kindness which somehow sets oaff a chain reaction. B on page 57
twenty-four-carrot lunatic is somehow takin the moral high groond w on page 64
by the time we left, she wis somehow resemblin the dishevelled Nic on page 68
d brain washed metaility that somehow bein British actually meant s on page 89
Also on pages 105, 110, 116, 129, 133, 142, 147, 188
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
en fur quinies at schuil, but somehow she fund hersel instinctively on page 9
da. She hadnae moved. She had somehow trained hersel by noo tae blo on page 32
obviously huv tae work it oot somehow, but ye seem tae be able tae on page 68
ye wi naewhaur tae gang, and somehow or ither ye managed tae shoot on page 223

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
paper shop. Ah don't think so somehow. Aye but how no. Cause ah don on page 98
Naw ah don't think he's a poo somehow Charlene. Aye, she said, Well on page 110
Ah don't think so somehow. Ah dae think so, said Charle on page 111
ugh area thir no a bunch a ne Somehow ah don't think so, said Nicol on page 116
id they no go. Don't think so somehow, ah said, They're aw dead goo on page 122
Also on pages 133, 138, 143, 169
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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ome chasin efter me. But that somehow made it worse. He likes me, b on page 41
s part o the problem. If ah'm somehow able tae make it a reality, i on page 49

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
some skailed, the somehow gotten pelf stashed on page 112

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ive, Hercules had tae try tae somehow mak it ower tae the faur shor on page 51

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
lence. A Mars bar. An thought somehow somewhere a parent might ha s
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
s tae say, I darted away, and somehow, I ended up in the courtyard,
as I could, and magically, I somehow hit it deid on. By the time t
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
egetation that hings fae them somehow suggest that only the passage
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lookin oer his shoulders tae somehow illustrate his point. ‘Y’
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rds as ah could, made me feel somehow closer tae her.
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
t pink. Ah don't know why but somehow that made me feel better. Wou
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
week ago it aa goes tits up. Somehow they had managed tae nab a wi
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He’d somehow managed tae persuade Tracey t
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, engenderin an urgency in me somehow.
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Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
in o Xmas, huz been lang lost somehow
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
energised by the referendum. Somehow despite losing the war, the Y
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
h, come fae deeper inside him somehow, seems tae rack his hale body
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
w serious and insistent. Yit, somehow, thankfully, remainin focused
license. Or some cheap boozer somehow constitutes luxury. It’s a
tae swallae. But, still, eh? Somehow, ah ken he’s right.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
r me. In the hope that ah kin somehow miraculously allude the cauld
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
takin a punch in the puss. Ah somehow managed restrained masel thou
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
an maire than yin occasion ah somehow managed tae steady ma hands a
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
they have control over people somehow ??(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
sions yet but.....ma schedule somehow got v busy!!!! XXX(2016) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
that the names will seep oot, somehow. Then that boil will be lance (2022) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
as if somehow on page 8

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Her first idea wis at she hed somehow fallen intill e sea, "an in a on page 19

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
r wird fur bluid, bit fittin, somehow. Like the hips an hawes that
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ontae the back. Auld Beggerey somehow managed tae scramble clear bu
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Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
ntlepiece, luttin ma ken aat, somehow, December's here (an darin ma
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
he Company will be here soon. Somehow or another,’ he says.
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her father badly wounded but somehow he’d managed tae get back a
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@cligeey tweeted
nski that nipped across there somehow(2020) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
, nae idea where I was going. Somehow I got there. Nae idea how I m (2022) twitter link

Orkney