A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

terms Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words41 51.5 16.5 29.8 23.2 10.3 53.1
Number of occurrences133102 11 3 4 1 12
Number of authors53 35 8 3 3 1 3

Occurrences of terms in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
no aiblins jist anerly in the terms he sets oot. on page 36
In sum, in braid brush stroke terms, Corrie's scrievin in Scots h on page 37
cots, A wis able tae come til terms wi ma ain community an cultur on page 40

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
coming tae terms with...' on page 61

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he'd been on noddin, speikin terms wi John Broun - a kenspeckle on page 62

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
I hope ye come tae terms wae whit yer conscience let y on page 34

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
finished oan such unpleasant terms. She hates ma guts. But ah'll on page 166

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bein a true radical pairty in terms o addressin the fundamental i on page 9
ot o the Union; damnit few in terms o the kintra as a haill, mebb on page 17
sae things were openin up in terms o content as weel, resultin i on page 48
tae support them. In British terms, this means playin tae the de on page 119
In terms o population, accordin tae th on page 136

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
An em on first-name terms we thi pharmacist on page 18

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
d in whit we'd cry ecological terms: lik the trees on the bens, h on page 5

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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
In terms o Eck I's time, like monie an on page 19
Nou the terms kettlebilers an sheep-shagger on page 50
d that he wis on gey friendly terms wi wis General Lafayette, a h on page 123

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma aura an whit that meant in terms ae ma holistic health an vibr on page 169

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tae mainteen an uphaud Scots terms an uisage specific tae sindry on page 5
coort o law, as pit forrit in terms o airticle 20.1 o the Univers on page 11
tae mainteen an uphaud Scots terms an uisage specific tae sindry on page 13
policy for Scotland unnerthe terms o the Chairter signed til. Th on page 19
Efter thir terms: Scots is a language. on page 20
Also on pages 22
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
cant' shuid be evitit as thir terms is vague an relative. 'A wee on page 11
s. For an instance, offeecial terms - sic as thaim that descrive on page 14
yestreen Is baith acceptit in terms o gremmar. on page 25
thay'v been usin some o thir terms thair hail lifes athoot kenni on page 38

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
s spickers can be analysed in terms o whaur the spickers got thei on page 9

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ish, baith as a language an i terms o attracktin new spikkers hae on page 107
hair, but i minority language terms it's a fair size), but for aw on page 109

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
r Music Maister - in musical terms, she's a pure guddle!" on page 103

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ossary in Scots o Scots legal terms, that set a stannard in lexic on page 14

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
oun, an while this is trew in terms o vollum, it haes fewer indiv on page 141

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ng wi Linton Kwesi Johnson in terms o Bakhtin's ideas o polyphony on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
a want o cohesion in policy terms wi regaird tae Gaelic.
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
k") canna be explained awa in terms o the soonds bein ower simila
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
Yaise tried an testit English terms in a Scots airticle? Or try a
n stert the journey fir Scots terms that the English equivalents
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Englan complaint o ‘inkhorn terms’; the anes in Scotlan o min
Zard (‘mincin, affectit’) terms. Bit this disna seem tae hae
peck to get rid o aw latinate terms frae oor screivin. Bit whaur
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
l an sae it is in thae ordnar terms that screivars descrived whit
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cots o Scotland in structural terms isna richt, and micht weel ha
ster Inglish? Weel, in semple terms, it’s a dialect o Inglish i
In semple terms, the Scots influence is stran
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ast — cause great skaith in terms o prestige and warld pouer, n
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Apart from Scots legal terms, most Latin loans into Scots
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
is what’s caad in muisical terms ‘polyphonic’; that is, co
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ts gied us a kist o riches in terms o archeology, airt, jewellery
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
rt efter wha buir the gree in terms o humanity in thae days; it w
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s ur resigned tae it. In real terms, naebody gies a fuck.
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah telt him in nae uncertain terms tae get tae fuck.
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
le thing fur them tae dae, in terms ay maximizin their profit mar
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
wer. But as pairt o the peace terms, ma faither had demanded that
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
in terms o provonance,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
o coorse, she wasna on social terms wi the servants neither. Nae
ice realised they were modren terms in Chinese: his auld-farrant
ront o ony ither body here in terms o medical knawledge. The doct
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Scotland wis yokit throu the terms o the Treaty o Union that foo
cawed wi Soothron MPs, an the terms ‘Ingland’ an ‘Inglis’
is in this same time that the terms ‘Auld-Angles’ an ‘Celti
Frainch for tae coin its ain terms, sae that it wis taen for gra
ics thegither wi a leet o key terms, an general an ordnar words t
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ANENT THE TERMS O THE GREEMENT
Reason for Jotting aboot the Terms
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
at). No eneuch haes chynged i terms o the case we can pit for ind
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hey face lichtit noo in stark terms: Scotland. Or the Tories?
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
maugre o a slicht faw-back i terms o saets, haes actually seen i
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
A, Con, Caur, DFP), an i thae terms pooer flittit frae Reid tae B
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
unnon establishment comin tae terms wi fremmit ideas like “conf
“confidence and supply” (terms we in Scotland are awready co
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sna a radical left pairty. In terms o political orientation, Syri
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rang negotiatin position. The terms o a coalition or budget votes
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
iative, engagement on her ain terms, a conversation that happened
fir 4 hoors we becam on guid terms an agreed that whitever the r
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
tlessly includes Scots in its terms. If the case has been made an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
er the monie new technical IT terms. Thon's a thing the Scots lan
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
In temporal terms, ye micht see it forby as ‘
s, these can be unnerstuid in terms o a scale o flittin formality
e nor ‘high heid yins’ in terms o propriety. The Scots term s
iscussion o uniquely Scottish terms wid be complete wioot referen
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
issible relationship anely in terms o mairriage atween a man and
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ny, and no me. Ah lay doon ma terms ae his surrender.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
In linguistic terms, Scots and Gaelic belang tae
, institutional and political terms - in line wi Scotland’s de
x (Gaelg). Tak tent o hoo the terms that thir leids yaise fur tae
ich are historical Scots leid terms fur “Irish”. This reflect
Nane o thir terms are noo yaised fur tae descri
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
an lexicon o modern polemical terms, conceits, ploys an airts I S(2020) search twitter
bonnie poleetics staun noo in terms o Pope F's Fra(2020) search twitter
MareeToddMSP I hae coined new terms#coiningScots gowkairse gowkai(2020) search twitter
ttie tae fin the mot juste in terms o antrin, oorie, queer (!), f(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
ound. Wages then fell in real terms as employers couldnae afford (2022) twitter link

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tellt - keep aabody an guid terms. on page 124

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s richt - Ah dinna - nae in terms o siller, onywye." He unfaale on page 44
I could find a way to come to terms with the loss..." Tamara look on page 77

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e'll sen a messenger tae seek terms. Sae, like gait, neen o ye ca on page 106

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
him oot when they got on good terms wi Britain. He came back till on page 24
Noo, if ee only kept on good terms wi him, he'd do most anything on page 67

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ae disadvantaged at school in terms o self-esteem, access tae the
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
wis a-sayin, in nae uncertain terms, that the greenhoose wis naet
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Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
o communication; nae jist in terms o gettin misunderstandins, bi
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@72redz1903 tweeted
appeared and the parallels in terms of racism etc are stark. But, (2020) twitter link
ferent than the status quo in terms of political options. The pre (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
line tae him in no uncertain terms. on page 57

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
d whit wid the dividend be in terms o inclusion and representatio
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Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
iree distinkshins atween them terms is). Hid saems gei affens, ha
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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
soond laek contradictions in terms. Caase if you standardise a d
d be anidder contradiction in terms. Sae dis problem o da tension
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Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
In terms o’ dir lexicon.
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
Facecloot's terms o service ir weird as hell. Y(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Noo, if ee only kept oan guid terms wi um, hei'd dae jist aboot o on page 69

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
if yae cud jest keep on guid terms wi him, hae wud dae near enuc on page 71

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
o-between tae hïm, an ax for terms o peace. Jist ïn tha same wy on page 96

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
In terms o' Norlin Airlan's cultural u on page 15
an thon maks fer hannlins in terms o' cohesive society. on page 17
at dis thon mean in practical terms? on page 22
inations in Norlin Airlan. In terms o' thair heirskeip aa thae co on page 36
In terms o' advocacy hit's weill kent on page 40
Also on pages 42, 50, 56, 61
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