A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

broad Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 16.4 24.1 49.7 11.6 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences5932 16 5 2 1 3
Number of authors40 22 10 2 2 1 3

Occurrences of broad in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
he'd turnt sixteen, a muckle broad stock o a lad, wavin his fait on page 79

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Folk wi a broad intellectual horizon on page 49

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
leamin laminated flairin. The broad telly screen positioned in th on page 34
hat wae his shoulders bein as broad as some steroid freak ae a Ma on page 129

2 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Broad nose, the shape o Gallowa. A on page 201

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an dance in broad daylight in meh undies on page 3
when eh talk in broad Dundee, on page 115

3 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d floatin through it cam this broad Yorkshire voice: 'Christ, an on page 72
ery by armit an maskit men in broad daylicht an the toun wis ofte on page 104

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
had wee skinny ankles an big broad feet an he packed her toes in on page 12

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
an boots an here he hid that broad smile on hes face. on page 76

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Till River Lugar, deep an broad, Lies afore thaim. on page 33
The Greenock boy whaes broad guttural brogue on page 61

2 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
this, he answered, in genuine broad Scotch, "od, man, I'm a Scots on page 12

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
good laugh tae. She had this broad smile on er face wi er false on page 46

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
had wee skinny ankles an big broad feet an he packed her toes in
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
se. A've nae time for aw thon broad Scots rubbish. A've spoken Fi
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
™s the no richter, then, in a broad Scouse accent, he replies ‘
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
sound funny in a broad Glasgow accent. Marco nods, s
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
De broad Scotch and de Irish brogue
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rises again suddenly, it’s broad wing span magnificent, their
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
again so does rottin away in broad daylicht. Ah keep readin.
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
l have to make your work less broad,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d stories aboot Hsien’s ... broad-minditness - bit aiblins she
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
se an fall ay his chest. It's broad, ehs chest, n ah see the ches
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
skets, pistols, basket-swords broad-swords, dirks, targes, and th

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
sh as Scots, Lowland Scots or Broad Scots. In Scots itsel, it is
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah walk doon the airy and broad Duke Street. Makin ma wey pas
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@jack_capener tweeted
r and symbolism, although the broad Scots lyrics would probably p(2018) search twitter
5492332 An example of purely "broad" Scots speech: Aye, yon chiel(2018) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
ans a community of fowk, mair broad than fowk what cannae hear, w(2019) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
On thi wuiy en thi waiv's wis broad side an thi lump's a water wi on page 51
kidden bain thi carraygewuiy, broad syden baak an foar, dodjin en on page 65

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
In broad day's licht dark on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, hard-wirkin, gweed-hairtit, broad-spoken an canny. An he's thra on page 7
All this stuff written in the broad Scots." The wifie's pincil sc on page 8
es, Ah listened te them spik: broad es ye like; twa retired fairm on page 10
she wis a bit o a dog, en?" A broad grin wis spreadin ower Stevie on page 57

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Och! C'mon," he said, a broad grin spreadin ower his face. on page 32

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
broad grins fae aa aroon. on page 31

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
gby pickin i'floories up on i'Broad Hill on page 115

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fussled Jeems, lookin at the broad blade, ten fit wide if it wis on page 87

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
eachers tae, ‘engage with a broad range of increasingly complex
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
64 @KirstySNP I'm wirkin on i Broad Hill ti ging wi it. https://t(2019) search twitter
C Iss is ace. I'm wirkin on i Broad Hill. Maybe we can di a jint (2019) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
. I could have). If you’re ‘broad-hipped’ then I dread to thin(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ry tae roll the eggs doon the broad hill. Wobbly nae doobt ??(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Or, a Setterday night in Broad Street, when the Pipe Band's on page 37

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Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
ltural memory - as weel as a broad spread o ither pieces, many o on page 1

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ttie-faces flachteran past in broad daylight, though folk doon in
reless, oot on the streets in broad daylight, no even dressed in
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
€“ are aal conducted in rich, broad Orcadian or Shaetlan.
1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
tarin back at him wis a tall, broad man garbed in bull's-eye rubb
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Tae A Selfie (a "broad Scots" poem inspired by the w(2014) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Short but broad o' beam on page 32

1 matches

Ulster

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
as Scotia's tune List'ning at Broad Island Gaitherin in Ballycarr
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@Angelinekking tweeted
dae me!" "Thon wee doll's as broad as she's lang." "Who let aff (2020) search twitter

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ly 90s and they were brave an broad up there and aro(2021) search twitter

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