A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

title Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21 25.3 22.5 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences6850 15 1 0 1 1
Number of authors40 25 12 1 1 1

Occurrences of title in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
n worried. Ahm comin fur your title, big man. on page 12

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ing in Scotland'. Aiblins the title is a tate self-conscious, meb on page 33

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
aither dee'd in 1730, sae the title for Cruikedbank had been infe on page 78

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ns eez heid, mutters the song title. on page 3

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
o a new. That wisna his first title, but he tint aa ithers, Onywe on page 74

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
washer' wisnae ma actual joab title. on page 38
. He could ryme oaff the Hibs title winnin team fae '52 withoot p on page 86

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in the bathroom and unner the title on the label were scrieved th on page 50

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
manual fir painters, the sub-title tells ye that the buik is 'A on page 84

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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
the Tree o Liberty, itsel the title o ane o Burns's great Radical on page 121

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
The 'Preliminar Title' tae the Declaration (airticl on page 19

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
" she tellt him, "It's ma job title. I'm a judge up at the High C on page 20

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
et oorsels. We can chorey oor title fae a MacDiarmid poem acause on page 4

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hem fae criticism. The punnin title o Alastair Fowler's T.L.S. re on page 95

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
AD) as pairt o a beuk wi the title Chu Ci: Chu wis a wee state i on page 33

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Dinna tak tent o the title o this collection; the'r no m on page 121
erel. The ae poem that haes a title is the firsten ane, Lest We F on page 122

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
DRAGON RIKK is the title o ane o the poems in the pamp
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
The title poem, The Biggers, an a puckl
h on a piece o wuid. The very title is strang. It's ne'er cried a
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
mak a bauchle o Molière’s title characters, whase braid uiss
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
at the lest chiel tae hae the title rex Pictorum (king o the Pech
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
unnerlyin femininity that the title propones. Wi a rowein rhythm,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oo, an it ends that waiy, the title goes tae Rangers.
final whistle. Cellic won the title.
2 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
€™en the Scots vairsion o the title An Innins tae Scotlan’s Lei
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
er year in the bye-gane. It's title, "Auld Reekie at Yule", says
ions on life itsel. The abuin title for the ongaun wis foondit on
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
THE abuin is the title o a licht-hertit exhibition l
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ttins' banner heidline in the title o the report. That permeeshio
tae uise "Lat It Oot!" as the title o the Report o the Scottish Y
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
hase name kythes twice on its title page.
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
hase name kythes twice on the title page alang wi the date 1586.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
xander tae gie him his proper title.

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
Fingalton tae gie him his fu title, wis o the opeenion that whit

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
elves by takin a crack at the title. Then, quite frankly, ah wid
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
d need a god complex for that title.(2020) search twitter
onday a funday it needs a new title ??(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
k it wis jist a daft nonsense title, like the laird o misrule.(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
is Maybe we should chinge his title fae Prime Minister tae Teflon(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
em tae translate a TV or film title intae Scots.?????????????? #S (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rtsFC 13 games n they get the title handed to them says it all 2 (2021) twitter link
llacher @OfficialSLFL tainted title last year - and the same aga (2021) twitter link
@DeclanQ33714202 no fir the title its no - catch us if ee can (2020) twitter link
n after all they did nick the title lol (2020) twitter link
mite b the year they lift the title tae (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
od tae Gertrude Stein for the title on page 33

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
intosh tae gie him his proper title, may nae be affa blythe tae k on page 74

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
That's title garr't er flatten him on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
TO LOVIN' - fitna hell kinna title's aat?" He stared it the pict on page 37

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
, it was gien the prestigious title o 'UNESCO City of Literature' on page 12

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
The title o this walin o essays, as the on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
The title o this walin o essays, as the
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
er Sangs’, adds til it. The title poem is an owersettin frae ve
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
l that wis in a shop windae. "Title
league title, awa back in nineteen echty f
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae the camera. But it wiz the title that teen his attention.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
tten ma ee on the #Masterchef title. Here is ma honey drizzled pe(2019) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
deein an even mair localised title for yi. #doric #teucher #aber(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
cores, Dons retain the league title, straight tae the Moorings ef (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
er seen yer boys win a league title or a couple European trophies(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
The title haes three good Orkney wirds: on page 9

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
an Hoscote Sheil herdins. The title deeds tae
1 matches

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
hon Feenyin Rich Tea get that title and I got diddly squat. Still(2019) search twitter