A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

uses Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 21.1 0 9.9 11.6 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4741 0 1 2 0 3
Number of authors23 17 1 2 3

Occurrences of uses in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
uses. An he wears this nice tuxedo on page 2

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae the chair tae her lap. She uses a red pen lit a teacher which on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ns a mace? Lit alone actually uses yin. Some said he hud a fasci on page 20

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tchen,' Miss Honey said. 'She uses them aw ower the schuil.' on page 130

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t noo she skips lunch anaw an uses the money tae buy mair fags. on page 145
oot the cupboard (the wan he uses when he's paintin the fence o on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A list o the wurd's myriad uses, on page 36

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
the rules that Scots speakes uses in speech an hoo this wirks w on page 5
ae freends an faimly. A wheen uses Scots for tae mak twa-wey cra on page 7
* Uses the third-body active voice, on page 9
Uses the third-person active voice on page 11
* wrutten twa-wey speech that uses unstaundart spelling for tae on page 19
Also on pages 21, 23, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 45, 62, 63
19 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
fykie words, like Hoolet. He uses, wee, easy words, like "Whit on page 51

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. It's a rare day when anyone uses the front door. Everyone know on page 45

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s life and who very naturally uses a range of Scottish vocabular on page 121

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tches an worries as the drunk uses ivry wan ae the 13 feet thatz
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t to explore the recreational uses of alcohol,” she sayed miml
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
id dose o heepocrisy. Leatham uses his airticle tae mak pynts an
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
y’re used for, think o some uses for objects that arenae aroon
ieve 5 mair objects and their uses doon.
2 matches

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
e oot is like askin if a bear uses the woods fir a cludgie! (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
grounds that the language it uses is not right…’ https://t.co (2019) twitter link
Check oot oor 'Seeven Uses fir numbers in Scots' teachin (2017) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
d always look tae see how she uses it and she calls abody ‘hen (2021) twitter link
e wisnae frae the west as she uses words a west coaster didnae a (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ving issues with a person who uses people - for there own gain (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
As hid uses far less power, whit a money on page 24

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da spellin at Laureen Johnson uses here is aafil regiar, an staa on page VI

1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
and enjoy a limited range of uses. Languages, in contrast, have
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Uses the knowledge gained, no for on page 37

1 matches

@HurchinHome tweeted
scot The Scots language still uses 'Hurchin'.(2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
e, also my wife from Belshaft uses it too. 'ack, yull scud yours(2020) search twitter

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