A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sturdy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.7 10.6 9.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2815 7 1 3 1 1
Number of authors17 7 5 1 2 1 1

Occurrences of sturdy in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the sturdy piebald pownie on page 15

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ally blessed wi the birth o a sturdy healthy wee dochter, Janet, c on page 28
a field weel won by the same sturdy fermers that for centuries ha on page 38
a fine son - John Broun - a sturdy, sonsy, happy bairn, that sou on page 44
r twa guid heifer surks for a sturdy pownie, an mend an auld widde on page 57
pey. An young Adam wis nou a sturdy hauflin-lad gaun on fowerteen on page 63
Also on pages 75
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
a rescuin device. There wis a sturdy metal rod ower the windae tha on page 115

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
sturdy an kempy sojers bi aa coonts. on page 58

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ukit like fermers, dressed in sturdy bit worn claes an knee buits.
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
pass the exits he passed. The sturdy fence felt protective, nae en
es inby the fence, thare were sturdy, muted structures o stain tha
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
His armchair, saft an’ sturdy,
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
agin a shouer o April rain, a sturdy young fermer chiel had tae re
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Doric

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e buiks were neatly covert in sturdy broon paper. She minet her ai on page 22

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Your legs is sturdy an strong granny An mam's is on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
attit is heid. "Surely nae se sturdy like." on page 28

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up an doon - she wis oan the sturdy side wi a big backside an a c on page 40

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
uar an her shanks war lang an sturdy. Isie, tho, wis like a waucht
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ian's sister, Jenny, wis mair sturdy-like nor Brian an niver misse
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It wis a description o a sturdy quine ina. A bet she takes a (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a sturdy boot tae tramp thim doon on page 57

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
o wir sturdy timbers.' on page 19

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
o wir sturdy timbers.' on page 22

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Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
wi dir mam - a graet muckle sturdy soo - bit as time guid by, s
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
This sturdy brigantine on page 32

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
is pyjama sleeve tae reveal a sturdy airm. "I'm Popeye the Sailor on page 14

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