A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

appreciate Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 19 10.6 9.9 23.2 93 8.9
Number of occurrences6037 7 1 4 9 2
Number of authors33 19 5 1 3 3 2

Occurrences of appreciate in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oken didnae mean you couldnae appreciate somethin fine. Damn fine. The on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
et me like an auld friend. Ah appreciate yur efforts tae show me there on page 23
e went tae in order tae fully appreciate why it on page 67
a faint chuckle and seems tae appreciate and respect her attitude ae n on page 78
ght" says Aldo, who seems tae appreciate Craig's knowledge ae the film on page 101
re of your situation. I don't appreciate that use of language. on page 125
Also on pages 127, 132, 136, 176
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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
yous dinny appreciate mate on page 97

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t sommat in common. Ah always appreciate folk wi a sense o humour. on page 5

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
it's blessed by the pope. Ah appreciate the gesture, but ah'm no taki on page 48

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
is Brewis wrate back sayin "I appreciate that Scots is spoken by, and on page 121

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o social history as weel tae appreciate the hale system associatit wi
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
coorse back then ah couldnae appreciate the natur o the beast ah wis
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
It’s no that ah don’t appreciate whit he did fur me - that go
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘I don’t appreciate your tone Mr. Coyle.’ she s
me ye could fit me in, eh? Ah appreciate yer a busy man so if ye just
ry lesson. He disnae seem tae appreciate it, right enough. Ah’m gett
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
the physical pain tae really appreciate the story o’ Eric Liddle! I
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Their talents appreciate,
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e Oor Wullie, which is why we appreciate Big Eck sae much.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
am. In this place, they dinna appreciate it. Quhan wir freins comes fo
Bill sayed. “Ah appreciate it verra muckle.”
like wis!” he leuch. “We appreciate a gud fib.”
“No. Thanks for that. I appreciate it.” She paused. “There
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nice touch that helps us tae appreciate this as a wark o airt, giein
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ell ye anither ane. A raellie appreciate ye invitin me ower tae yer we
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ow ma cock’s feeling ah dae appreciate.
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e tells me “In fact, ah’d appreciate it if yae jist stand beside m
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@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
ic Ahh thanks, Martin! Really appreciate that ??tae the working class (2021) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
eart13205 Thank you BH.. I do appreciate this mate.. ??.. mind and kee (2023) twitter link

@ionafyfe tweeted
erves this kine o press an we appreciate yer help. @OorVyce is the cam(2020) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
Och, kitty. We dinna actually appreciate yer ritual sacrifice.(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
ashCityClarky Monie thenks - appreciate ye scrievin thay braw words. (2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
k - I dinna think Boyd's wid appreciate the stink Leave yer address a on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah'm sure she'll appreciate at. Tell ye fit, Ah'm oan ma on page 25
e - to someone who'll really appreciate them." on page 73

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Look, Ah appreciate yer concer, bit fit can Ah sa on page 47

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
findin it difficult tae appreciate on page 60

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“I appreciate all that, Mrs Morrison. But t
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
fa retweeted ma posts really appreciate it an thanks fur spreading th(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm sure they wid appreciate the chance tae hae a laugh. on page 46

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e ta stop an look clossly tae appreciate da subtlety o da different te on page 91

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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
is required to teach them to appreciate the social, artistic and scie
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
ower da years I kin certainly appreciate da music video!(2021) search twitter

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
like the younger yins didnae appreciate the importance o' the day. Mi
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@StuartPoet tweeted
ng work on the Awards, we all appreciate it that much. Get yer votes i(2020) search twitter
wirds Charlie, really really appreciate thaim and aw yer support doon (2020) twitter link
rkThompStuff Ach, cheers min, appreciate sae muckle braw support fae a (2020) twitter link
@MagiGibson Really appreciate yon kind wirds Magi, especial (2020) twitter link
@BruceKMcKenzie Cheers Bruce, appreciate thon! Aw the things we weant (2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
wale different anthem, a wid appreciate that... hmm?(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
heft an' appreciate thair volunteers. Forebye tho on page 39

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Appreciate whut ye hae!! on page 20

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