A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

basically Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.3 13.8 3.2 9.9 29.1 10.9 0
Number of occurrences3526 2 1 5 1 0
Number of authors20 13 2 1 3 1

Occurrences of basically in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
i mah ain phone then. Mine is basically a brick though. Dolly's hus a on page 6
ng. Everywhere but in the pan basically. It's like that toilet in Tra on page 61

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Which, if truth be telt. Wis basically her wey ae yit again remindin on page 59
hud him oan a string. He wis basically foamin at the mooth, eh? Sali on page 99

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
a pairty system, but a system basically designit tae gie fowk the cho on page 30
ir. Aince mair this argiement basically says it cannae wark on accoon on page 145

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
heid in fur making me sick an basically killin mah da. on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s o a couple o Latin poets an basically showin aff tae ane anither - on page 26
r in the century the toun wis basically policed by the toun councillo on page 103

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hair that'd been dyed stupit; basically, she looked absolutely nothin on page 68

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
awa. But yin kind o book that basically naebody likes tae read are bo on page 83

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
basically English
a dug is basically
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
lex idea weill pit across – basically leukin at the different an un
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
the Coca-Cola Cup. So he wis basically like Superman and it wis a to
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
became hostile and miserable. Basically, it felt like Scotland again.
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
no usually serious anes, sae basically it’s sayin the last time the(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
traits o psychopaths. They're basically describin Trump.(2020) search twitter

@LowEndJardo tweeted
tress ball on me at all times basically so that I’ve got something t (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
typing when he blocked me but basically it was gonna be ‘sorry, whit (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
terested the whole game m8 - basically a waste oh space (2021) twitter link
he box were sublime m8 - n u basically ran the show fae the back awe (2020) twitter link
ty - police officers there r basically trying to cause distress - h (2020) twitter link
@stevie27boyo basically what am sayin is - if folk a (2021) twitter link
basically what am sayin is the peffermi (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
al o relief wi that ‘goal’, basically injured the hail time under G (2022) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
an English if yer left wing...basically nice...Struggling tae underst (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
", an German "herbst" ær ell basically the sæm wurd - wae the sæm

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
makkin interrogatives). De'r basically twa main kinds o questions, c on page 89

2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
lane mode ta avoid contact an basically formin alibis fir yir holiday (2021) twitter link
enin Mam ta pick up, I hae ta basically exaggerate my greeting so dey (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
dow ?? Well, I say meadow but basically i stopped cuttin da girs, add(2019) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
we're saying the same thing, basically.(2020) search twitter