A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

stands Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 16.4 4.5 89.4 0 103.4 4.4
Number of occurrences5532 3 9 0 10 1
Number of authors35 19 3 8 4 1

Occurrences of stands in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
tory ae the entire world. She stands up tae meet me but she's laug on page 36

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
McGiver stands wae his back tae us, lookin o on page 60

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
irn, a boay in the centre row stands up and starts clappin. An act on page 57
Craig stands up and shakes ma hand. "It's on page 73
t smiles at me as she finally stands up and begins tae git dressed on page 82
boays earlier, eh? That still stands. Ah'm winnin this match fur u on page 106
ae her livin room. Before she stands, cowarin behind the boay. on page 145

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
whut stands afore us ill no go past us, on page 48
yir syringe, then yir hair stands on page 97

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
whaur the village o Liff nou stands. Alpin had his heid chappit a on page 15
ur the roun touer o Abernethy stands yet. Here they lived till, as on page 81

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hamish. R.1.P.E. It stands fer "Rest in Peace". on page 68

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
tes in the glass cabinet. She stands, and ah burst intae tears. TC on page 35
Hazel stands next tae sing 'Hail Queen of on page 115

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
The Fower Maries: God stands in the sheddaes waitin. on page 35

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 73 - The Stranger, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
wha stands afore her nou? on page 60

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
no faain for it! Nor ony lang stands, elbae grease nor tartan pent on page 97

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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
as fornent the ‘last-ditch stands of Scots and Gaelic.’ Dunnâ
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
the music thumpin oot eh the stands. Ma heed wis gonty burst, the
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
, while the now robust willow stands provide habitat for songbirds
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He stands, gesturin fur me tae leave. A
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
e a nation again. No wan that stands up against ony flippin’ air
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
confess it's very ponny. She stands on four virrelt legs, wi a we
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ament’ is rare. When an MSP stands up in the Chamber, they dinna
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
bleedin ever sae slightly. He stands up and takes a slow strut oor
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Dougie then stands up and makes his wey tae the
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
mark whaur England's province stands.. sic parcel o rogues in a na (2022) twitter link
mark whaur England's province stands.. sic a parcel o rogues in a (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
scheme, and as soon as a pleb stands tae speak, the Top Table Twee (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oyo @WeAreScottishFB so as it stands am only allowed tae travel in (2020) twitter link
nd team - wae a manager that stands like a gormless statue oan th (2020) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Max Wall stands aleen on page 182

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Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
takin in her shoppin. Callum stands a mintee and thinks to him se
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wis a big table wi wee sloped stands wi opened books on them. A la
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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A bit o green stands oot oan the hillside, on page 9

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Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
says he, taks up his kep and stands, on page 42

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Stands dooer an blackened, on page 10

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
at the berr until he stands on page 18

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
It stands noo in the kitchen on page 44

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the Horse stands black an prood on page 17

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
he stands prood as they swing roond on page 149

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Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ant’ Agata Bolognese, an it stands there the day. Adjacent tae t
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@peediepuss tweeted
The Castle of Borwick stands awkwardly best the mouth of t(2020) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer crumbling wa's still stands but just on page 22

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Ask me, 'Stands Scotland where it did?' on page 210

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
raik sindrins i the road-wey; stands
hope, nixt tae the Keb Hoose, stands the Wolf
d, anenst the Howcleuch Burn, stands twae semi detached cottages,
banks ferm an Howcleuchsheil, stands the Auld Polis Station, (sei
’icksheils ferm hill grund; stands
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@jamie_ginger tweeted
hains the back o the door and stands and laughs.. ?????????? #itwi(2019) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
g in hir heid. Oz @ mountain, stands a lady, who she ts I do not k on page 47

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