A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

upper Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.5 21.7 19.5 29.8 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences6043 13 3 0 1 0
Number of authors41 28 10 2 1

Occurrences of upper in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
like me. But they've goat the upper hawn, they know ah need tae b on page 4

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
reply tae the shooglie stiff upper lips on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
am Campbell on the muir abune Upper Wellwood while scourin the hi on page 58

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Yit Sigurd hid the upper haun, an afore lang he wis ri on page 14

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
have wir topics, mines is the upper middie class, how they've tak on page 3

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Young lassies fae the upper crust. on page 47

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e yearn fur the days when the upper classes lived in fear ae the on page 52

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the upper grund, an fund the tower wrea on page 191

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
es an language o the southron upper cless. In eftir years, aince on page 60
t as monie appointees tae the upper strata o airts jobs in Scotla on page 75
indset as maist o the English upper-classes an their supporters - on page 116

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh dinna need thi upper hand on page 94

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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
maun aye be seen tae hae the upper haun, justice no really bein on page 128

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Are ye a dichter, or a sooker-upper, or a shampooer, or whit?' on page 15

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Mey justly gain the upper haund on page 61

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
glis was cleekit ontae be the upper ranks of the wirking cless no on page 9

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nythin but waeklike throu the upper winnocks o the shop, heich up on page 72

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
y skyte aff oor ionosphere or upper atmosphere makkin a bonnie sh
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Perrie, Walter Lallans 74 - The Lion Laid Low by the Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
richt, it’s us wad had the upper haun,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
iberno-Inglish itsel haes the upper haund. Scots wirds is in fact
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ntory fae the heidlaun and an upper and lower enclosure inby. Exc
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ghed at a neighbour affecting upper class English Received Pronun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
l in the mooth RP vices o the upper clesses is, equally, dialeck.
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s turnin an ah’m gettin the upper haun, feelin that he’s tiri
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
old boy!’ he sais in a mock upper class, English accent, pointi
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
plit into four dwellings. The upper wans each huv their ain gaird
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aimly prayers bi Adam Scott o Upper Dalgleish taen frae the Book
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the airts, forgaithert at the Upper Greens in Auchter-muchty at 1
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ud fear me.” He grippit her upper erm haurd. Beatrice stiffent.
Upper body strength,” he addit,
axed, an shut her een, an her upper bouk swayed aamaist impercept
Beatrice sponged his face an upper bouk, muvin saftly ower sense
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
r the real dreid o the Inglis upper cless that hits owerance in c
rt wi industrial warks, wi an upper cless that wis weel-tochert w
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sentation, an eventuallie the Upper Hoose wis abolished. The Caur
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ital (typically the middle an upper clesses) dinna tend tae leuk
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
s better equipped men got the upper haund, killed Cameron an his

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
, an pittin “the culture of Upper Deeside” intae the hotel ex
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
fae the Gaelic wirds uachdar (upper), muc (pig) and garadh (enclo
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@g_hibby tweeted
plastic block thingy's maker upper.. ??.. Anyhoos, I'm away tae (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
s. An nae sweemin pool on the upper deck, though fyles ye can get on page 44

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
clock the day And a brand new upper set ye'll hae" Nae measuring on page 15

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
city itsel, but cams fae the 'Upper Douro Valley', in the same re on page 9
steps, the stairs connect the upper an lower pairts o the toon. F on page 18

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Wi war aye tryin te git the upper han wi ane anither, bit wi hi on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bluebird bus, i'lower deck no upper on page 175

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
nty feet side tae side in the upper-maist branches. We wis there on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
human pairts. They cam wi the upper limbs o men, nerra airms that
lang-staunin here an hid the upper haun ower the Septiles. The J
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
ters tae the mole , lower and upper was the only thing I understo
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
ist ower 3 stone doon, In the upper healthy bitty, but still aboo(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ae hear the youngsters in the upper RDS yesterday. The red shed i (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
it. Sheu dives in, intae the upper tides, intae the ee, intae th on page 106

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
They lift the upper crust o heather and moss, on page 60

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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
-chou, a ferrawa steid on the upper reaches o the Yangtze. He wes
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