A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

wider Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.7 13.1 9 29.8 29.1 10.3 57.5
Number of occurrences5426 6 3 5 1 13
Number of authors35 21 6 3 3 1 2

Occurrences of wider in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
bit it only grinned a wee bit wider. "Okiedokie, that seemed tae on page 62

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
richt. His een growe a bitty wider. His jaw draps mair, makin hi on page 1

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wider view. on page 29

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
kit at the Scots tongue fae a wider pynt o view, comparin it wi F on page 87

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
c a policy wid haud in wi the wider ongaun transformation o polit on page 10

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
e Scots and Gaelic Languages, wider Scottish culture and Scottish on page 3
irners, their faimlies an the wider community that Scots is a lan on page 6

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
chapped the door an opened it wider. "Lizzie? It's me. Shuggie." on page 20

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
bairns will be brocht intae a wider linguistic community at an ea on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
gest that a mair detailed and wider examination o the RPS could y on page 18

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ho nae dout influenced bi the wider revival in Scots, he seeminly on page 132

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ge spoken an see it come inti wider uiss, Scots is taen up as if on page 4

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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
ls aboot whit wird tae yaise. Wider culture his a stereotype o mi
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
the Gaelic langage or whither wider chyges is wantit as the ootco
e, the Scots an Gaelic leids, wider Scots culture an Scots curren
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e as an affcome o drawin on a wider puil o writers nor the wee sm
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
thereby its connection wi the wider European cultur an fashion o
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Gies hailsin tae a bard o wider fame,
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
fir their faimlies, freens or wider communities can send a gey po
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
esley Riddoch maks: ‘…the wider Yes Movement is busy with hug
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Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
we’re awh jist part ae the wider electrical network – we’r
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
in their bit fir Scots in the wider community as weel as their no
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
k ony faur less fu tent o the wider connotations o whit he is say(2020) search twitter
r FM is a lawyer tae trade an wider by a muckle guid swally nor M(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
folk needin tae look at the wider picture imo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Bit ee're a lot wider than her on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
it's jist the same shite bit wider. Ye'v surely siller te burn." on page 19

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, id only grinned a peedy bit wider. "Come on, id's pleased so fa on page 60

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
. "Aipen your mou jist a haet wider fan ye spick, an ayewyes say on page 30

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
service here. Her een opened wider than twa ashets as she tuik h
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@72redz1903 tweeted
lfare fitba - there are much wider issues aroon men and fitba - (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
ey Voices is wan aspect o the wider contemporary renaissance in O on page 1

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A laethur skirt that's wider than ids long on page 98

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
his subjecks maan bi pert o a wider literature, at wir language i
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
da sooth-aest o England an da wider on page 63

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wider as I geeng, an Fiorda Taing on page 34
likely wider, an da proile on page 50

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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
da sooth-aest o England an da wider London area athin aerly Modre

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ttin shoes dat ir aboot 0.2mm wider dan da standard width eens?? (2019) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
'e'er, eet only grinned a bit wider. "Gaun oan, eet's chuffed sae on page 62

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
iniver, it only grinned a bit wider. "Aw, it's happy so far," sha on page 63

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
decision maakers an' tae the wider commonity. on page 8
wider regional commonity infrastruc on page 37
o' the sector an influencin' wider society. on page 41
an gie a guid chanst tae shew wider Ulster-Scots identity tae fow on page 44
ter-Scots event bein pairt o' wider on page 45
Also on pages 48, 54, 66, 672
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