A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ability Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.6 17 8 0 0 21.9 13.3
Number of occurrences4232 5 0 0 2 3
Number of authors30 22 5 1 2

Occurrences of ability in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ye gied me tae the best o ma ability an genuinely cam tae the conc on page 49

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
asel in. He's alweys hud this ability tae move yae fae a big pile a on page 65
anin they aw hud some natural ability tae throw fists, or that. But on page 87
flinch. No yince. And as oor ability tae speak returned. Ah realis on page 200

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
arents should huv noticed her ability. But Mr and Mrs Wormwidd were on page 4
n,' she said, 'if this sudden ability that's come tae ye, o bein ab on page 174

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ang far wi a bit instrumental ability an a brass neck). Oniewey, an on page 70

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in wehs ti thi best o meh ability on page 99

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
The people o Scotland has the ability an responsibility tae uphaud on page 5
nfidence an compromised their ability tae express theirsels. on page 8
The people o Scotland has the ability an responsibility tae uphaud on page 14
We hae the responsibility an ability tae caw Pairlament on tae red on page 15
The people o Scotland has the ability an responsibility tae uphaud on page 23

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
they can richt realise their ability
future will tyne the ability tae communicate in Scots. Gin
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
e Scots leid an develop their ability to unnerstaun an communicate
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
human is oor imagination, oor ability tae dream o a better warld. H
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
nt oot, ah wisnae alane in ma ability tae be seekent bi the words o
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
long. He’s goat an uncanny ability tae worm his waiy back intae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
a in statute an strenthen its ability tae perswad public an private
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Henrick Larsson proved his ability at Feyenoord, Celtic, Barcelo
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McLachlan, Jack Glessheids maun wale guid neebors tae thole the dreich Scottish climate, (University of Maine 2019) Central - Ceres, prose
socially-sib glessheids. The ability tae tak tae new airts wis gie
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
innate ability.
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
d as a memmer o the EU, oor ability tae affeck meaningful chynge
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n set i place, restrictin the ability o tredd unions tae operate. T
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
esca can be gey prood o their ability tae galvanise in these diffic
wegians haes an extraordinary ability tae boonce back. The ‘Hope
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
helpful to the best of their ability ?? ofc yer officers dinnae al(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
an bigots is tae tak awa thur ability tae spread thur cancerous ide(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ray @RishiSunak Sunak has the ability tae borrow mair and mair mone(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
hae an adverse affect oan yer ability tae yaise English https://t.c (2019) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an that ancient ability on page 1

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Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
confidence, the desire or the ability. on page 5

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
government spiert anent Scots ability on the census in 2010. Ilka h
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@72redz1903 tweeted
like his hold up play and his ability tae pick a pass in the last 3 (2021) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
nythin. Nae headin or jumping ability, canae tackle, mark or cross.(2020) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
hm sure that ye can amend yer ability to amend the difference atwee(2020) search twitter
r, Twice! Tae compensating ma ability tae have 5 senses instantly..(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
s the kintra aa ivry level o' ability. Thons a twa wie street es hi on page 48
encourage entrepreneurial ability at Ulster-Scots fowk ir weill on page 66

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@the_gellick tweeted
a hunnerd thoosand had "some ability" if I mind richt (8%). (2014) twitter link

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