Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

convince	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.5	17.5	4.5	0	11.6	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	40	34	3	0	2	0	1
Number of authors	29	23	3		2		1

Occurrences of convince in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ie oot every bunnle, blether, convince, tell the truth, dinnae mumml on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
or what? Yae dinnae need tae convince me it's no fair we huv tae hi on page 19
each wakin moment, ah try tae convince maself suttin will turn up. A on page 20
p." As ah attempt in vain tae convince him that 'willy washer' wisna on page 38
up wae a theory. And then ah convince masel that ah'm right. What i on page 147

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
by adoration they manage tae convince theirsels that their wean is on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is nae mair, an they seek tae convince theirsels that they still are on page 114

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ur here noo. Ah wis tryin tae convince her tae come back up tae the on page 37
fact that she keeps tryin tae convince evrubdy she's psychic ~ it's on page 169

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
but at least the polis micht convince her that I wisna wi anither w on page 28

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
vvery time we hae a fecht tae convince fowk that whit we're daein is on page 110

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
nced). The community haes tae convince incomers - an that includes, on page 56

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Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
he teacher’s been tryin tae convince her tae sit the Credit test i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
onsibeelitie o (2) an (3) tae convince (1) that thair tung is Scots,
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
you, the politicans, hae tae convince us, the people, o the richts
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t ay emotional blackmail will convince him tae stoap playin silly bu
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Yawnin loudly ah convince masel that it’s ma usual ya
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ple o’ trips ah managed tae convince masel’ it wis a wan aff an�
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
convince fowk
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
udge,” she sayed, tryin tae convince hersel. “Ah haena suffert a
yin o his ancestors tried tae convince him: he’d had tae gie in ta
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
imply didna a) dae eneuch tae convince undecidit fowk an b) didna ha
ospectus for independence tae convince thaim wi (twa relatit, but di
campaign frae this simmer tae convince Na voters tae come tae the Ay
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
xt group o fowk tae defait an convince tae support the new vision fo
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McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n village Murphy is tryin tae convince us aw is real.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
untry. While I wasna able tae convince her o independence, I was abl
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
n tae field preach, tried tae convince them that this wis the way fu

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
w the law... That isnae gonna convince maself ??(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
@bentleysteed Ca canny and convince the waverers - its the onl(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
e classroom daein ma best tae convince weans that Islam is a religio(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
starts her REAL campaign, tae convince Scots it's all we can get. Th (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he twa o ye, ye've munaged te convince ma itherwise." on page 34

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Tae convince us, perhaps, o the benefits o
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ay but hes a way tae go tae convince maist fans (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Meenie even managed tae convince da bairns tae help oot. Mutto
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I sometimes find a rock and convince myself that it's been shaped (2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he cause o hir affliction cud convince Sally that she had lost hir m on page 50

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