A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

standard Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words36.5 32.4 7.5 99.4 215.1 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences11763 5 10 37 1 1
Number of authors47 32 5 4 5 1 1

Occurrences of standard in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
didnae huv it bad, no by any standard. Alice n Steven Brown ir alco on page 38

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ae respectably approachin ony standard ir matchin onie style sheet - on page 40

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
me tae raise the Covenanters' standard, mustet the faithfu, and mair on page 38

1 matches

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
tae the soonds o Hebrew than Standard English is. Ilka leid - ilka on page vii

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
but who gees a fuck aboot the standard ae play. Aldo's masterplan ta on page 111
owance. A benefit sanction is standard procedure in this sort of sit on page 126
He's wearin denim jeans and a standard black Adidas zippy. And as pe on page 131

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ist destinations aye attrack. Standard hotels an boardin hooses dinn on page 90

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Set yir sights, set thi standard on page 112

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ion that Muir 'saw Scots as a standard, single entity, rather than a on page 84

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah've got Miss Price for Standard Grade O.I.S, said Navdeep, An on page 30
e Reid Kerr College after the Standard Grades an dae an NC in photog on page 169

7 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
in the stanes, Dish't up in 'Standard Habbie!' on page 43

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
kens that ye need tae get yer Standard Grade in it tae huv hauf a ch on page 35

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ts of the same letters as the Standard English alphabet, but in Olde on page 17
ion in Scots than in Scottish Standard English (usually the vowel so on page 18

4 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ig bairns nou, we went up tae Standard I an Miss Bell. She was awfu on page 120

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
fiction Scots prose for 5-14, Standard Grade and Higher Still. Mibbe on page 54

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
dooble-glazed, conformin tae Standard! on page 129

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
f us switch between Scots and standard English speech depending on t on page 121

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
gin the chairge at it 'has no standard form', activists haes accepti on page 56

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
English were o an awfie high standard. They are seein a fair increa
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
the Credit test in the actual Standard Grade.
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
‘If a model is sought for a standard modern Scots, then Lorimer ha
nal or even obsolete Scots wi standard English an recent colloquiali
alanerly’?) aa birzed intil standard English syntax hauden thegith
he fittest, an the fittest is standard English. Gin we’r lippenin
register o Scots is Scottish Standard English. Atween this an Lorim
5 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
- oot there-in Rabbie Burns's Standard Habbie or in North-East Doric
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
e is nae set wey o spellin or standard Scots. The language has been
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
and. If ye compare Patois tae Standard English there’s a bigger di
by maist folk in Scotland tae Standard English. Along wi elements o
ets will mainly eschew it for Standard English, but Ah used tae love
ve is ‘wrong’. Teach them standard English aye, but let them kee
n persuasively in Scots an in Standard English, an the world will wa
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
, only juist the 3 yaises the Standard Habbie format: The Dysart Lam
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
per cent a week interest. Bog standard stuff, an ah should huv done
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e said instructions to a high standard. . . should be able to work o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Kick if ah’m no mistaken - standard eighties fare.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Scots. He said "Jesus spakna Standard Aramaic – for ordnar, oniga
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t "There is nae such thing as standard scrievit Scots..." an invites
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
was in the vicinity it became standard practice tae treat Davie tae
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e dug coked ‘es leg oan the standard lamp
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
a chippt bog-standard wee white pie-dish, an
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
the sticks and a much better standard ae cleaner air. And fifteen m
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ts by rhymin oaff a series ae standard procedure questions.
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Well done oor lassies! GOLD standard. Whole country proud. https:/ (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
I clarify: is a "hoor o a" a standard Metric EU Sanctioned or an Im(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
spellin an the concept o non-standard leids: https://t.co/cUXBoHJam (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Reverting to 'standard English' for a minute. Watchi(2020) search twitter
e noo voted tae import 'lower standard' produce intae oor food chain(2021) search twitter
h aye spoke tae colleagues in standard English but spoke tae the jan(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ou guys too - theres a great standard of amateur football out there (2021) twitter link
l - exactly the championship standard is defo poor (2021) twitter link
he way defo - goodbye to sub standard meals n pints that r like dis (2020) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
n or twa games. Of coorse the standard o fitba wis o the highest
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Guid Scots an Scottish Standard English. Couldnae dae withoot(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
A standard Scottish summer day oot: a wi(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
en, nae seen ye fer a while & standard supermarket chit chat, then g(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
year syne my ambition, wi ma standard camera, wis tae tak a picture (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a home-help if we'd paid the standard fee on page 24

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
wey, for thir isno any kind o standard spaelleen. So you canna / kun on page 8

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
s first as a language at isno Standard Engliesh – aa ye write chan
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ae an eddicaetion system whar standard grammars wir no enforced? Cad
id be tae bide i a warld whar Standard English didno sleek the flowe
whar monolinguality isno the standard, whar the liberal staet isno
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
a sindree weis o spaekan: the Standard English o mee femlee, an the
the daiälekt wirds an adopt Standard English vool firmaeshins. Thi
c orichins spaeks an aksentid Standard Engleesh most o the taim, bit
3 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
caad Hill bark here, but the standard English name seems to have tw (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
cots, hit's a closs freend ta standard English, but der a lock o dif on page V

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
rregular ("strong") verbs. In Standard English regular verbs on page 73
As weel as dat, da Standard English equivalents is wint t on page 76
døn it, D'ir no bidin. Ithin Standard English da negator (not) on page 89

4 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
uage is emerged as da written standard. In idder wirds, ta caa a lan
t fae da viewpoint o anidder, standard form o language.
er languages) that emerged as standard languages did not acquire gra
l rules just when they became standard languages; they already had a
e they were not chosen as the standard.
29 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
t ir aboot 0.2mm wider dan da standard width eens?? #snibbit (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
quite up to my big bridder's standard @johncrieffy :-D https://t.co(2017) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Their standard fur tae raise on page 12

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
lashed tae the bane in Sixth Standard. on page 20

1 matches

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