Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'forgive'

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Use in varieties of Scots

forgive	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.8	19	17
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.6	3	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	13.7	3	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	14.1	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of forgive in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
d you wid. Can you manage tae forgive me fur the hertiess things I on page 52

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Forgive me I whisper as I bend doon on page 144

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e neddir me nor her cood ever forgive him fur dat hidmist night. Ev on page 20

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
40mph??? Forgive me if I faa asleep at da whee (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
these wirds: Natalie. May god forgive us both.'
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
ff in first 20 minutes? Never forgive that day... (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
deenFCYouth @AberdeenFC I can forgive the long hair but a Blue Ball(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
aha. Oh me! I'm nae sure he'd forgive me for aat een! ??(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is hands that he is ready tae forgive the boay fur winnin by remark on page 44
ah could never forgive her fur that. Tae hink ah sha on page 171

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Oor sins (if ony) please forgive .
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, sittin doon. “But, please forgive us, Pandit-ji, our errand is
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Forgive me, Mrs Williams, but these a on page 54

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
r, that ye cannae really ever forgive yirsel fir. on page 3

2 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
im that love me can lairn tae forgive - on page 13

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
@Soustersport @brianmoore666 Forgive my ignorance, but who's your (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
dear lord forgive this auld sinners sang on page 54

1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
The loyalist wains will never forgive her.(2017)