A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

writes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 17.5 1.5 0 52.3 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4634 1 0 9 1 1
Number of authors20 16 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of writes in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e cryed 'Katherine Williamson Writes', an thare tae she haed buirn on page 16

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
days attached, whaur somebody writes a poem that flags on page 77

1 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
and brocht up in Gallowa, and writes poetry and short stories in E on page 55

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
in Dumfries and Galloway. He writes maistly poetry, and his wark on page 165

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Harprest pig time, She still writes tae me every couple a weeks, on page 163

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Because naewan writes like they talk. Everywan's tr on page 24
but ah'm up against Dante. He writes like an auld philosophical ma on page 53

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
. Mony Scots speakers awready writes in Scots throu social media a on page 7
Thaim that writes in Soothron micht be mair lik on page 25
t maist fowk speaks, reads an writes in thair ain leid perfit weel on page 33
t be helpfae for onybody that writes in Scots, nae maiter whit can on page 51

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
a fremmit leid - Inglis ower-writes Scots. on page 9

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
day, no e'en bi the fowk that writes it.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ss an aw in this poem whan he writes aboot 'cockapentie chiels' be
Ploy...'. In Ravines whaur he writes aboot the auld closes an wynd
ix. Daith Tree says it aw. He writes hou Jesus "...learnt tae dunt
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n the Palace of Honour (1501) writes o ‘The siluer droppis on da
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
but Hunter taks it forrit an writes the likes o "päcify", an uiz
that can be left tae folk as writes beuks for lairners.
ensefu spellin, an yet hissel writes "heiliegoleirie". While "snaw
e wirds fluent. A masel, tho, writes hale novels in Scots, an prui
lecks, mony sic writers juist writes it "wh". This maks sense for
6 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ftit afore a sowel can say he writes guid Scots.
masel see the differ. Whan A writes Scots for a general readershi
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ardoch Roman Camp: A Sodger Writes Hame
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
legie for an Auld Collier, he writes aboot"...aa braid Lanark abui
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
irly the dream o onybody that writes creatively tae see thair wark
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e hinneren o the buik, Spence writes aboot his oncome tae the ower
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
e history, draw up diplomatic writes, an pit peteetions tae the go
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tion” is jist innin. An wha writes Scotlan onieways? But that wi
. Sae we’re telt naebodie writes – or here e’en speaks –
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
and Dinnae be a big bairn... "Writes the number doon" ??(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@realDonaldTrump Wha writes these tweets for ye Donald? T(2020) search twitter

Doric

Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
read, which is essential. She writes wi a lot o passion and mixes on page 5

1 matches

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
in general tinks he means. He writes:
dialects haes nae grammar. He writes:
icles i da Shetland Times. He writes:
guage 19, Dr Caroline Macafee writes:
weetie’ article, Tom Morton writes:
9 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
d at Edinburgh University. He writes in the three leids o Scotland on page 127

1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@SgothanGeal *Phil writes that doon an runs aff to Drag (2021) twitter link