Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ashamed	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.8	13.4	6	0	46.5	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	41	26	4	0	8	1	2
Number of authors	26	18	3		2	1	2

Occurrences of ashamed 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
usnae even the 8race tae look ashamed. 'Polis wur waantin some exer on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
herhaun luikit the ither wey, ashamed an laith tae tak pairt in thi on page 46

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Yi ought ti be ashamed on page 108

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
place. In fact they were sae ashamed o whit they had been daein th on page 97

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
cal weans, Your mum should be ashamed o hursel.' on page 33
; it's great gossip, but ah'm ashamed. Ah dinnae want tae be relate on page 92

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Are ye nae mortified, ashamed? on page 31
Ashamed I am o it, loathe it. on page 34
Ye shouldnae be ashamed o hope. on page 73

3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r sake! We have nothing to be ashamed of. What I feel for you and y
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
i turnin the language they're ashamed tae speak o intae a soorce o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n bows his heid, embarrassed. Ashamed. An he’s nae need tae be; n
ed tae be; nae business being ashamed, neither he hus. It’s no hi
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t under wraps, embarrassed an ashamed as ah um.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
independence an’ ah’m no ashamed tae say it. Ah wantit it in 7
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
y the fucker. Makes me rather ashamed ay masel, tae be honest.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
e salesman comes ower as bein ashamed o the product he's sellin. Th
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
��There’s nae need tae feel ashamed
Wis never be ashamed;
2 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
d it felt like a betrayal. ?? Ashamed o masel.(2018) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
. This doctor shud be utterly ashamed. Whit a despicable, dispassio(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
r constituents are thoroughly ashamed tae hae ye(2020) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
be mistaken, but it seems yer ashamed. Ken why that is, cos whin ye (2021) twitter link
per English"..., we were made ashamed ae oor culture even oor natio (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
r constituents are thoroughly ashamed tae hae ye(2020) search twitter
e the twa World Wars but ah'm ashamed o' whit the successive(2021) search twitter

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e tae ye, eh? Youse should be ashamed o yersels." on page 74

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"E oucht till be ashamed o yersel," sade Alice, "a gre on page 16
"FE oucht till be ashamed o yersel for askan such a sim on page 92

2 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ter to this. Tae say that I'm ashamed ye represent my (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Du ocht ta be ashamed o deesel," said Alice, "a muc on page 17
"Du ocht ta be ashamed o deesel for axin sic a simpl on page 96

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ird, an if du's no du sood be ashamed a dysel. Ah'm kent Davina fae on page 17
ipo da dresser rattled, '1 am ashamed I ever faidered dee. Du cood on page 19
hae ta tak on, an du might be ashamed a dysel, fur wantin uncan fok on page 33
oor Jessie," I sighed, feelin ashamed ower foo aften shü irritated on page 45

6 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
As if ashamed tae be seen and tryin tae hid on page 208

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Yae shud bae ashamed o yersel fur axin a simple qu on page 94

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
bae proud o an wud nearly bae ashamed o tha wye thae taak. This man
1 matches