A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

the' Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words177.9 2 1.5 9.9 5.8 0 2527.2
Number of occurrences5784 1 1 1 0 571
Number of authors12 4 1 1 1 5

Occurrences of the' in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
mer micht weel be mair acause the'r a want o ken o Scots as a le on page 6

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
Record; the tither ane hauds the'r nae pynt in fetchin oot a do
1 matches

Doric

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Orkney

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
But whut d'ye think the'r at? on page 42
The'll dig ye up tha bake. on page 48
The'r no jist lake thair claes. on page 49
An thocht, "We'll hae tae say the'r blak', on page 58

16 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
Ir the' lake oanythin ava?" "The'll dae richtlie fur tha pot, a on page 8

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
h, the' hae got aa tha reward the'ir gaun tae get. But whan ye g on page 6
serable jist tae let fowk see the'r fastin. A tell ye tha truith on page 7
less sheep, but on tha inside the'r naethin but a paak o wolfs. on page 8
awa frae thaim; an it's then the'll be fastin. ©"Naebodie patc on page 9
or the' let on tae be guid an the'r far frae ït! Thair's naethi on page 91
Also on pages 103, 105, 106, 110, 111
501 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Sae tha boys aa thocht the'd gang aff hame, afore thar da on page 4
baith had anither jab. Yinst the'd daen thair day's darg at tha on page 8
The'd cum in frae tha toonlanns Iv on page 10
aroon, accoardin tae tha saw: The'll aa be ketched oot in tha en on page 12
maist fowk cannae be annoyed. The'r no parteeclar hoo it's made on page 13
Also on pages 24, 26
30 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
le-heidit fur a thïng; affen the'r mair auld-farrant wi tha rae on page 9
oor rife cultùral heirskip, the'r weel wordie o kennin an hain on page 11
or unnèr-docht leids tha wye the'll owertak a kennin o thaim (A on page 14
res micht be necessar tha wye the'll can hain an fordèr leids t on page 15
tha fushion o a leid tha wye the'll can gie Goverments an ither on page 17
Also on pages 26, 37, 38, 42, 49, 50, 57, 58
22 matches

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