A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

compare Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 20.6 12.1 19.9 23.2 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences5940 8 2 4 1 4
Number of authors32 17 7 2 3 1 2

Occurrences of compare in Corpus

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Central

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
mair a thocht-experiment tae compare wiceheid an daftness concludi on page viii

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ir ain historie an culture an compare that wi whit goes on here. Hi on page 19
representation, in Scotland. Compare that wi the representation th on page 28
in be faur mair easy avoidit. Compare thon wi the facelessness o sa on page 29
sector in Europe, an tourism. Compare us wi ither kintras wi the sa on page 133
t, it's no that difficult tae compare us wi ither sma kintras that on page 134

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Don't try tae compare us tae another flash in the p on page 117
Don't try tae compare us tae another flash in the p on page 169

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
nk differently aboot Scots in compare wi aw ither leids that we mic on page 6
Compare the Burns text (abuin) tae th on page 33
e wi the Soothron cognates an compare the uiss o vocabular ower bai on page 43

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
softie in hur haun. Ye cannae compare that tae whit happened betwee on page 113

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
thon thieveless tube had nae compare on page 68

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
lasses; I wis blessed athoot compare on page 7

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
thon runt. Ti compare him wi ma Francis, on page 29

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ar pairtial tae Rome, an maks compare atween them an modren Breetis on page 110

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
out this buik will be seen in compare wi Gordon Donaldson's an Robe on page 130
r chapters aince again on the compare atween toun an landward life, on page 131

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fe is naething but a gliff in compare wi geologic time. In fact, Jo
at the hail warld is agley in compare wi the ither planets an sae s
the day. Thir moons is sma in compare wi ither groups aroond ither
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
A compare atween this an the English o
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ip, the nearest thay haed tae compare wi. Follaein on fae this, an
the nearest licht he cuid mak compare wi. But alang wi this byordna
2 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
aboot hoo we cairry wirsels. Compare the Scotland o the day an the
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ivin a guid Scots wird is tae compare it tae anither yin - nae ith
1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
isic in Scotland: for tae mak compare atween muisical developments
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
at we have in Scotland. If ye compare Patois tae Standard English t
igger difference than when ye compare the Scots spoken by maist fol
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
opean threitened languages in compare tae eastern European minority
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
2 is weel aheid o schedule in compare wi fernyear or for that maitt
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
Compare poem 49: ‘Nor 3it Penelope
. Insteid, we are telt tae “Compare, for example, Montgomerie [
as treuth sall try my pairt (compare poem 49 ‘That treuth sall t
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
wird-kist o the leids, we can compare leids vs cànanan or spak vs
sition “of”. Fur exemple, compare Gaelic “beagan uisge” and
odd yin oot in no haein yin. Compare Gaelic thu (singular) and sib
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
k oaffy gid, eh? And when yae compare thum tae ma dinner that’s f
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
e BBC's story then goes on to compare this utterly appalling (and e(2018) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
t's Valentine's Day themorra! Compare Carol Ann Duffy's poem 'Valen (2018) twitter link

Doric

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
z aye sae special naethin did compare on page 20

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
speired at them. "Fit will A compare it till? It's lik a mustard-s on page 104

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Ye can see this easily fan ye compare the Canary Islands wi Scotlan
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
a wee bittie better, fooiver, compare’t tae 2005-6, fan this numm
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
sily appear to him that shall compare the two dialects with the Ger
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
n test tubes, meat that canna compare wie the few beasts I managed
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
l in Maud. Stuart Kennedy wis compare at nicht. https://t.co/6hWar2(2019) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
it on the day o THE match tae compare Glesga an Doric dialects. Per (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
g smells, there's nothing can compare on page 80

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
at is, delivery, givan birth. Compare
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ak some responsibeelity. An I compare it ta da life wir Betty is he on page 46

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
da sentence. Compare dis: on page 90

2 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
m no come tree hunder mile ta compare injuries wi some unken body f
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Just look at Samson and compare on page 9

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ha Kïngdom o God? Wha shud A compare ït wi? It ïs like a wee mus on page 94

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Shair it's jaist beyond compare. on page 41

2 matches

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