A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

standards Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 9.1 21 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3518 14 0 2 1 0
Number of authors18 10 6 1 1

Occurrences of standards in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
welve and cool by Thistlegate standards. Mair like a cheeky wee bugge on page 7

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
poem micht be braw by Mammy's standards, but ah'm up against Dante. H on page 53

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
the GTC Scotland Professional Standards, an will explore the possibil on page 7

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
watch o the Independent Press Standards organisation (IPSO) Code of P on page 14

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ma family and the ridiculous standards they hold me tae. on page 13
e TV is aff. Even by Granny's standards, hur ashtray is ridiculous - on page 35

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
narrator's view, confuses the standards o naturalism wi thaim o tradi on page 95

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rs, and them aa slow by maist standards, at least alang this narrow b on page 72

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘a proper critic, due standards o hygiene
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Aw aye, by East End ay Glesga standards, ah wis positively bohemian.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
rden as close tae her exactin standards as ah could, made me feel som
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Don’t let your standards slip, an’ mak’ life a hap
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thing tae dae, be Raggle’s standards. Bit than, he wis protectin a
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
couldnae get ony higher An’ standards wur low whin a wis settin’
1 matches

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ed thit Rwanda wid lower it's standards oan human richts tae dae a de (2022) twitter link
tae dae wi thur "professional standards" husn't it? https://t.co/kNjP (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yth85 aye ee hae tae keep eer standards up big yin (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ging quaet Hark till the drum Standards raised Here they come Throu t on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he place wis roch bi n '°s standards. on page 55
Ah canna help it iv Ah'v gat standards," sniffit Dottie. "An the day on page 71
Ah unnerstan at ye'v gat yer standards an Ah ken ye dinna agree on page 73

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
offendit. "Ah admit Ah've ma standards an ma routine, an Ah'm nae ga on page 86

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the kinna street far folk hiv standards; far folk ken foo te conduck on page 22
ble fir maintainin sanitation standards within the retail industry." on page 32

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
Morrison. But the school has standards to uphold. Our places are muc
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
-three years, nae mony bi the standards o her fiers. She nivver sleep
1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
He set some standards mair than some
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
is the gravy Louise an Jane? Standards quines standards! https://t.c(2019) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
aboot when he voted away food standards is he gan ti explain that een(2020) search twitter
Cutting standards a step at a time then it wisn(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
o policy, strategy, spellin, standards, or onything systematic ta du
y form o language at haes ony standards ava.
2 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ey seemed “clever” by their standards but tae me, they daenae have (2020) search twitter