A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

benefit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.3 23.9 19.2 9.9 11.6 21.9 44.2
Number of occurrences7245 12 1 2 2 10
Number of authors39 23 9 1 1 1 4

Occurrences of benefit in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
wbaw read it oot lood for the benefit o the ithers. Aw the animals on page 6

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ae his men, "We'll gie ye the benefit o the dout, an a fair trial f on page 60

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Withoot enjoyin the benefit O his windfaa's true meisure: on page 14

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
m for Jobseekers Allowance. A benefit sanction is standard procedur on page 126

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ocieties aye function fer the benefit o the haill group; even gin s on page 32
ters aboot potential economic benefit for the commuity, steady jobs on page 37
They had cheenged the law tae benefit the tenant fairmers, but whan on page 85
in economic, or mebbe social, benefit, They suffer fae the same nar on page 116
een supposedly warkin tae oor benefit fer ower threehunner year, an on page 126
Also on pages 146
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r nor those that got personal benefit fae the bribes o the English on page 120

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ormal maw an day somethin tae benefit her weans. on page 82

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
we'll aw be able tae get the benefit o it. I cry it ~ POEM.' on page 154

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
God unroofed fur oor benefit. on page 112

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rivalry o the SNDA? The main benefit o the exerceise has been tae on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ptance that bilingualism is o benefit tae
......Hooanever, in order tae benefit the bairn (let
e equality an help ilka pupil benefit fae education, wi particular
n allou aw bairns tae get the benefit o the learnin o different lei
language education. This is o benefit no juist
5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sna the richt kinna bairns ti benefit frae the skuil, an, o veritie
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
c Inglish Bible haes haen the benefit o modren Bible scholarship, a
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nd nature are there for human benefit. The result is that it does n
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ere in receipt o unemployment benefit; as we micht say noo ‘on th
ulent claims for unemployment benefit’.
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is, eh? He’s oan invalidity benefit fur Christsake. No very cleve
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he chaingin ay the Invalidity Benefit tae Incapacity Benefit the ot
tae Incapacity Benefit the other year there. They’
ar auld an hud his Incapacity Benefit stoapped an wis hounded oot t
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
work tae get his unemployment benefit. By goin’ tae College he wi
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
u the ootdoors community will benefit fae repeoplin
irent tuim ‘wildness’, we benefit indirectly fae clearance an d
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in Uighur, than for Bill’s benefit, in Chinese. He warnt thaim t
sayin tae Tursun, bit for her benefit, “Dinna lat me catch thee c
theatrically, addin, for the benefit o the audience, “Tak me hem
am willin for tae gie it the benefit o the doot, an Ah’m no gaan
4 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
cht unemployment, pensions an benefit peyments raise, warkers’ ri
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ree. It micht even be tae the benefit o the SNP tae need tae gae ba
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@Chazzbat tweeted
mine fer a while tae feel the benefit o it. Huv ye considered a gum(2020) search twitter
Massively oot o touch. Housin benefit is included in UC. So ye hae (2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
idea who fought and won that benefit, but knew as a wean exactly w (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ns to speak up surely for the benefit of eos football - no a chap (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
t three oors in a doon-i-toon benefit offish. This leukit for aa th on page 30

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n, "you might feel that you'd benefit from our full makeover - the on page 80

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the benefit o his wisdom. It's a modern-d on page 23
sae baith o us got the benefit on page 50

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
uation athegither. "Far's the benefit te me?" he addit. "Fit wid / on page 12

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
BEING FIR I' BENEFIT O' I' MANNIE FLETT on page 133

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
C tae dee somethin that would benefit writers in general, we would on page 111

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Express in them. (An for the benefit o ony o mi readers that chunc on page 72

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
chin weys that hiv proven tae benefit larners, includin active lite
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@72redz1903 tweeted
tchocky83 Maybe, nae sure fit benefit there is in working on format (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
h Early on a Sunday mair folk benefit(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit ah'm gettan Hooseen Benefit - that helps tae tide me by. on page 10

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
onythin, an languages at can benefit fae een anidder. Da stigmatis on page 9
/ or /fɪr/) at means 'fir da benefit o' (I did it fir dee), 'tawar on page 80

2 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
bei i receipt o unemployment benefit an makin ends meet, an provid
buit; wheech wis tae awbodies benefit. Wei didna hae onie fash, fra
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
explaint Hughie fur Daniel's benefit. "She has a voice lik a fogho on page 1

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
toul an' monie pairts at wud benefit fae examination an' explorati on page 29
g tim'. Hooiniver they didnae benefit on page 37
in an cud bring mair economic benefit. on page 65
heft an' benefit fae the economic an' social p on page 66
e centres wud gie an economic benefit wi' on page 672
Also on pages 68
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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Sets (wi or athoot hoosin benefit)
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Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
™. Tae aa thon wha hadnae tha benefit o’ bein brocht up wae tha h
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