A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

besides Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 10.8 18.1 0 17.4 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3721 12 0 3 1 0
Number of authors31 19 8 3 1

Occurrences of besides in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n the middle aw crawlin away: besides aw that, thir wis nearly ayew on page 81

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
mm, disnae ken mueckle at aa! Besides she's her, an I'm me, an-oh d on page 18
ic a rule at processions; "an besides, whit uise wad a procession b on page 44

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Bit whit A besides wantit tae demonstrate tae th on page 35

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tch the herm he'd done thaim. Besides whitever she thocht, she'd ne on page 1

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ey in the maitter whateer. An besides, he hid them aa in his pooer. on page 14

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
eir dram an' huv a wee chaser besides, they bore the kegs auf ye ab on page

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
re wis a clash ae principles. Besides Bruce will be jist fine wae t on page 166

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Besides, somethin wis missin fae the on page 191

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
, industries, an a wheen mair besides. It's kinna owerwhelmin at ti on page 84

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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
ourses at their tea forbye - besides a few pints o heavy beer - j on page 56

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
are lesser-yaised nor Inglis. Besides, aw spikkars o Scots the day
in it’s weel tae mind that, besides the delicht in Cyrano, the re
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
™s kirkyairds, an ither airts besides.
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Besides - if ye'd talked tae me aboo
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘That’s besides the point Daniel. Here!’ sh
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
, makin it soond artifeecial. Besides, the characters in Jekyll an
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
™ tae moan at her as weel. “Besides those are the College’s ski
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
fit. She wis impossibly still besides the occasional twitch ae a gr
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
dition’, ‘moreover’, ‘besides’, ‘also’, ‘as well as
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@FaetheRye tweeted
cellent orator. And much mair besides. (2022) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
gien a few thoosan volts, an besides a that, wis she nae jist a wh on page 84

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Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
t dinnae go samplin mah fowk. Besides, ye widnae enjoy the bluid ow on page 40

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Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ock in the flippin mornin. An besides, am nae auld enough! on page 98

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e redeem Israel," they said, "besides it's noo three days sin it aa on page 121

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
oh, she kens no much at all! Besides, she's she, an A'm A, an'-Qh on page 18
ch a rule at processions; "an besides, what wid be e use o a proces on page 76
idsell, an wis crawlan awely: besides all is, air wis most o e time on page 79
o, at any rate," sade Alice: "besides, at's no a regular rule: ee i on page 114

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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
happened tae hae a ringle ee. Besides she’d nae reason tae pit th
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@Franwella tweeted
dinna be thinkin so at a......besides, i like ma food het! If yer g(2011) search twitter

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
ragging. Yon ScotGov are jist besides themselves wi glee flashin oo (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ed ta dö at processions; "an besides dat, whit ös wid dey be in h on page 80

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
years a catchin up ta do. An besides, I need you ta come shoppin w on page 26

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Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
boot, withoot sharin hit oot. Besides, der wis dat business wi her
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ic a rule at processions; "an besides, whit would b' th yis o a pro on page 78

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