Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

alweys	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	13.7	21.6	0	9.9	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	44	42	0	1	1	0	0
Number of authors	3	1		1	1

Occurrences of alweys in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
er it be me or the spider, we alweys end up dain what's expected a on page 21
He hus alweys been a gossip, and tae be hon on page 32
ldo fur yae, ah thoat. He wis alweys oot and aboot crackin heids a on page 34
o tae ken who it is: Aldo, He alweys makes the same stupid joke an on page 37
me fae day one. See, they've alweys felt their precious princess on page 61
Also on pages 65, 66, 69, 72, 75, 81, 87, 96, 106, 107, 115, 116, 121, 122, 131, 137, 140, 154, 185
25 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’Ah alweys wondered what happened tae th
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
�’ ah tell him ‘’Ma mum alweys says ah should take deep brea
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ae lady law but ma policy hus alweys been deny everyhing. Especial
oot a mile oaff. These cunts alweys exude that ‘’Ah kin cure
eact tae ma morbid news. They alweys say that yae need tae protect
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ly twinty three year auld. Ah alweys admired the wey he conducted
tae this point in ma life ah alweys imagined ah hud less chance a
ics. Especially ma mother who alweys takes any opportunity that co
oan the family name. She’s alweys lived in hope that someday ah
ae the French Bulldug who’s alweys nabbin his toys at every oppo
5 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ampposts we encoonter. He’s alweys been a curious soul ever sinc
tins he’s ever grown ootae. Alweys sniffin aboot and explorin hi
look oan ma dour puss. It’s alweys gid spendin some yin oan yin
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
four wahs and a roof. People alweys bang oan aboot how we’re tr
n yin day in Scotland. And ah alweys thoat that wis bullshit until
omes back fine. But there’s alweys that yin time, Dougie. Alweys
that yin time, Dougie. Alweys.’’.
4 matches

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
An owld wife in Flotta alweys wid say in bad weather "hids

Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Efter dat Bert alweys brushed his teeth. on page 17

1 matches