A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

buried Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.9 13.8 11.2 69.6 17.4 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4626 7 7 3 0 3
Number of authors29 15 6 4 2 2

Occurrences of buried in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t bad.' Dolly's goat her face buried in her phone again. Her wee t on page 6

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Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
buried in a leivin grave on page 129

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
y ground his teeth thegither, buried the groan in the bedclaes an on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ack o the heid as puir Isabel buried wee Jennet's pow in her apron on page 47

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
at lists the 'notable people' buried athin its waas. A suppose dra on page 60

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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
offin, split open wi the jist buried body o a yung lass pokin oot on page 110

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r had went tae see her gettin buried. on page 126

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
eet, partially demolished and buried under the present-day city, w on page 9

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
oustit ordance even yet, lang buried fae the Great War ower a cent on page 18

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
buried lang syne in the dust.
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
. Thur’s anither Covenanter buried in Terry’s gairden but that

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ler than gangs wi it, will be buried that deep ablo the soil that
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gettin it that day. Done in, buried in a shallow grave, another f
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Bein buried at sea sounds like a nightmar
he rest o the time wi ma heid buried in a book. Ah’ve blocked aw
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
n an see Si’s bleached head buried in ma shoulder, feelin’ him
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
the same Mercat Cross. He’s buried in St Kentigern’s kirkyard

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
h on 26th January 1686 an wis buried afore they caught up wi him.
ntions hoo he wis dug up then buried again six weeks later. The go

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
The twa Margarets are buried in the toun kirkyard an talke

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ifter payin a huge fine. He's buried in Dalserf Kirkyard.
shot him whaur he stood. He's buried in somebody's backgarden and

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Kirk whaur 8 covenanters are buried.

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ys - junior fitbaw is deed n buried - a rest ma case (2021) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
whar some o the pharaohs were buried. on page 40

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Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
s that Snuffy’s treisure is buried here aside the auld whisky bo
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Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
History buried under ih’ weight o’ ih’
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
digging and end up aboot half buried fan I strike on ma next treas
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
and aince I’d buried a deid moose
They buried her in Brechin.
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
o’ tau and some 3 month ol’ buried fash bar-keep...(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu'll be buried in the kirkyard. on page 16

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Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
is buried in the kirkyerd. on page 18

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ebts and folk that's deid and buried And winder why some ither bod on page 64

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
buried, disguised as an island o men on page 3

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
green-nilded an buried in the black dirt. on page 7
buried in bodle beach tongues, on page 15
anything, buried anunder thraan Ontario prayer on page 17

3 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
gied an pat an end tae him an buried his boadie i da saand. Bit fo on page 15

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Is there anybody buried here?" he aksed. on page 54
and it's all because of who's buried here." on page 55

2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Or a peat-choked body buried far on page 7
ellick Woods, oot thonder, an buried them deep in tha yird. on page 14

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Buried daep wi'in yer nogin on page 28

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