A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sterts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.3 25.2 7.5 29.8 5.8 72.4 0
Number of occurrences6549 5 3 1 7 0
Number of authors39 29 4 2 1 3

Occurrences of sterts in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
st anither, an flisteret, she sterts again. on page 18

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 82 - Holy Corners o Auld Scotia, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Morningside Road still sterts at Holy Corner, on page 56

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Add the bacon until it sterts tae gie oot its fat on page 68

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
auken. Syne it raxes itsel an sterts, at first timorsome, tae pous on page 22

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
d up, an efter a wee while he sterts effin an blindin, "I'll brak on page 86

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
wee yalp, an gaed on: "-that sterts wi an M, sie as mousetraps, a on page 44

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ncil. Oo've taen on fower new sterts for the contrack. The chairge on page 26

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ruses in Scots. Noo, the pley sterts: on page 40

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
that sterts aff gien me the fause howp on page 14
He sterts ivry exchynge wi a sigh on page 29

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
it shoogles its shanks An sterts wigglin its heid. on page 66

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
The taill sterts aince mair wi Harald Shaggie on page 14

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
hit yince stertit frae spores Sterts anew, frae seeds: on page 25

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The Faimly Sterts tae Sterve on page 45

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie Sterts tae Mak the Medicine on page 17
a,' Geordie said. 'Whit if it sterts tae rain?' on page 69

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Canto Yin New Wrunkly Sterts Oot on page 76
And yer hert sterts again wi a stent, on page 142

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
isten. Because this is hoo it sterts. The mair it snaws, tiddely p on page 4

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Scott's Auld Mortality, that sterts wi the description o a wappen on page 6

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
And the bree sterts ti flow, on page 17

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
itical prose: Derrick McClure sterts aff wi a rael wyce-like ower- on page 7

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
tae the wee buikie. Blackhall sterts the pamphlet wi twa tradeitio
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
but then it sterts tae pall,
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
r the Inglis medium education sterts, Gaelic wants tae stey the he
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gent staundard will hae fause sterts and a ‘stannard Scots’ ha
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
dug smile, slevers an aa! It sterts scratchin the hell oot o’ i
paws square on ma chist, and sterts mercilessly lickin the face a
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
an hour later when the alarum sterts blarin on ma phone.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Allan Campbell, that sterts as the first Chief Executive
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
dees giein birth an things aw sterts tae faw apairt. The story sha
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McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
it intae silence- another day sterts. Yi hae that wee bevridge aff
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Wir record sterts
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Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Sterts gettin’ auld.
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rd-pickets an the service ony sterts aifter they state “aw clear

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ee hings. The Gaelic sentence sterts wi the verb (fur it is a verb
ial leid) while the Scots ane sterts wi the subjeck. Turnin tae th
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@jack_capener tweeted
aks fowk speir whit A mean an sterts a(2019) search twitter
s tent o the mither tongue an sterts fundin an promuivin it! There(2018) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
irnie wull be there until she sterts hecklin, then A’ve telt the (2019) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ken aboot #OisforHoolet that sterts the morn at 7pm. https://t.co(2016) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
noted when grassroots fitbaw sterts again - am no huvin that ! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ken aboot is when some messan sterts ficherin wi this burn. Ah jis on page 84

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I kin show ye 'at fan it sterts tae sna on page 113

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tell, ye ken, binna our fire sterts reekin, an syne the reek rise on page 14
e o thinkin, wes "L, I ken it sterts wi an L!" on page 45

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'd a brither fa tuik stots an sterts o bronchitis, bit efter a for
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
esy ‘Lambing Diary’ stuff sterts tae happen. Multiple births.
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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
our, dreich Tuesday wur story sterts, there wis notheen aboot the
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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
id, still makkan hid. Bit hid sterts fae this twa pynts: translaet
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Walkin farder on, he sterts ta sink on page 34

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
kinds o hings everythin that sterts wi an M-" on page 73
ee howl, an went oan: "- that sterts wi an M, sic as moose-traps, on page 74
hon said agin in a huff: "eet sterts 'Ah passed by heis gairden'." on page 104
"O course twinklin sterts wi a T!" said th King nippily on page 111

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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
a simmer dounpour sterts,
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@StuartPoet tweeted
it ye dae fir wir leid. It aw sterts lang syne afore noo in commun (2020) twitter link
t in the lobby press!" An sae sterts a hail new wheen o couthie sk(2020) search twitter

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