A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

they’re Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 6.5 6 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2013 4 0 2 1 0
Number of authors12 6 3 2 1

Occurrences of they’re in Corpus

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Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
@joydunlop @caroline_sewell They’re bowf!(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
n” cover over the“I”?Cause they’re intae the next round,probably(2020) search twitter
huz skyrocketed wae past what they’re trained fur. It’s bein in a (2020) search twitter
, yer already a Legend! ??. “They’re(2020) search twitter
@Ianiesta8 @ClydeFC Aye they’re watchin @GlasgowCityFC But th(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
alist/Unionist MPs an MSPs - they’re only in it for the pruch! htt(2020) search twitter
dair. I ken her an her man an they’re baith fluent Scots speakers.(2020) search twitter
zziehmp @joao_kay Lug worm - they’re even harder tae remove ??(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
e day wi Arkbound Publishing. They’re working on inclusion in the i (2020) twitter link
@TheScotsman today about what they’re up to in Scotland. My buik ge (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
n. Some teachers tell me that they’re feart tae promote the leid in (2018) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
nae ken how somebody who says they’re frae Glesga gets tae be in th (2021) twitter link

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
s_the_Bull1 Fir yer sake hope they’re nae firin’ up the auld barbe(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
r th silver linin’s fowkies, they’re oot there #bideathame #bidesa(2020) search twitter
s ????. I pretend it’s cause they’re better fir th environment n r(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
r seen the flax in bloom, For they’re aye cooped up in houses when (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
18 yet” and then I mind that they’re all over 18 and I’m just get (2018) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
a kind of troll/fairy hybrid. They’re said to be short, grotesque c(2019) search twitter

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
r than Hawick green! And aye, they’re guid brakes right enough - e(2020) search twitter