A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

copies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 17.5 9 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4134 6 0 0 1 0
Number of authors18 14 3 1

Occurrences of copies in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
o't Willie's awn. A still hae copies o aw the buiks he signed for on page 3

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s pure brilliant. Thir signin copies at HMV the day an ah'm gaun u on page 115
baths thegether, an he still copies aw ma home work; but see when on page 159

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
re frae its mair hamely Roman copies. Greek leeterature, it micht on page 100

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
t hae names on thaim that are copies o the anes at hame - lang wh on page 9

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
an old ballad out of several copies obtained from different quart on page 69

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
jaloused tae be aboot 200,000 copies - thon wad be the equeevalen on page 15

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the Scots School Dictionary. Copies o the dictionary will be gien
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Mair raicent copies o the Scots Tung Wittins can
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Mair raicent copies o the Scots Tung Wittins can
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
lled sae that A can gie thaim copies o STW back nummers tae yaise
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
loud—although I have a few copies if onybody wants yin.
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
be muckle mair nor a thoosand copies for ilkane o fower volumes, a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
Copies o the Scots Tung Wittins gaun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
Mair raicent copies o the Scots Tung Wittins can
tland on Sunday gied oot free copies o the
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
sten chapter feinisht, A sent copies o my saicont draft to John Sc
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Mair raicent copies o the Scots Tung Wittins can
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
lype it tae.Laminated A4 size copies o the notice shawn ablow haes
Mair raicent copies o the Scots Tung Wittins can
or Itchy Coo haes selt 80,000 copies ower the hinnermaist three ye
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
d bi giein awa thirty thoosan copies o a Catalan vairsion o the Ba
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r o ither shop keepers speirt copies for thair shops an aw.
Copies o the pamphlet can be gotten
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Copies o the Scots Tung Wittins gaun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Copies o the Scots Tung Wittins gaun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Copies o the Scots Tung Wittins gaun
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
School) an we even still hae copies to gie awa, so we obviously w
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
be tae haund for the signin o copies an aiblins tae gie a puckle w
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Mair raicent copies can noo be gotten in pdf form
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
nt oot braw as coloured fotie-copies wi a guid quality plastic lam
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
€™ll gang aheid wi sax hunner copies. I’ll gie ye a wee keek at
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
ye could gie them awa wi free copies o 'Eats, Snoots and Leaves'?(2017) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
eel as lairnin activities, an copies will be sent tae aw schuils. (2019) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Me sign copies? Toot awa on page 15

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
I've free copies of my novel, The Grey Lady Gh(2016) search twitter
Fair tricket tae hiv copies IÂ’ ma part Doric novel for s(2016) search twitter
ge Hall until 4pm the day far copies o ma buik can be bought. http(2016) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
E' Sun an Record could donate copies as a stop gap. No?(2019) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Still have a handful of copies of this new, beautiful and ve(2020) search twitter