Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

agreement	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.5	13	5.9	9.9	5.8	0	14.5
Number of occurrences	35	26	4	1	1	0	3
Number of authors	25	17	4	1	1		2

Occurrences of agreement 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
The boays aw nod in silent agreement. Like ahm their sergeant gett on page 23

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
entarily enlightened n nod in agreement. on page 15

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
copacy' John Broun nodded his agreement, but cuidnae luik ower grim h on page 26
llt the notary tae draw up an agreement that will infeft the grun tae on page 77

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ye tellin lees aboot whit the agreement atween Scotland and England r on page 16
o Union) comin intae force an agreement atween twa sovereign nations on page 41
that the fowk are maistly in agreement. This his led tae a seetuatio on page 129

3 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
t ratified this international agreement on 27 Mairch 2001. Scots wis on page 18

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
m, and the signin o a written agreement in the bride's ain haund." Kl on page 97

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
This is some agreement! Ti come ti hate! on page 34

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
gle ower an reach a meisure o agreement. on page 56

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
hat we'r finndin mair an mair agreement wi ane anither aboot exackly
on traditional practice. This agreement comes fae leukin at, an ca'in
2 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
uggested. Jonny gave a nod in agreement.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
irds tae the UK-EU free trade agreement. That shuirly shaws the impor
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere Danny.’ Pearcey nods in agreement.
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e bloody time.’ Tam nods in agreement.
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
nods alang wae me in complete agreement. ‘Well, dae ye no agree tha
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
A jist nodded in agreement.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, aw roon) so we came tae the agreement that gettin some mare ay it f
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
The Edinburgh Agreement
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ng Under’. Danny boay is in agreement wae the choice ae tune, likes
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e lits oot a positive bark in agreement.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
pid enough as it is over this agreement without making it worse.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
t they said it wis a "mutual" agreement, no that he'd bin sacked. Rea(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
r, couse we caim tae a jeyn't agreement eit, eit micht blaw up en sum on page 47

1 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
their barstools and murmured agreement.
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Stewart, David Catch-Up Chapter 163 - Planning the Mystery Tour., (Facebook 2024) Doric, prose
on the table began tae nod in agreement, she was given the courage ta
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ieRed83 This is far we are in agreement- but Corporate is aboot finan (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ens noo this ferly disno mean agreement. on page 87

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
öd Man says, All mak anidder agreement wi my fock. No lik onything A on page 65

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Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
In the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement o 1998 baith Irish an Ulster-
dnae dae it ony guid ava. The Agreement gied us a "peace process" tha
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@the_gellick tweeted
tormont high heid yins hae an agreement. I hae a leaked #UlsterScots (2014) twitter link