A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

detail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.1 23.3 5.9 0 11.6 0 4.8
Number of occurrences5747 4 0 2 0 1
Number of authors35 27 4 2 1

Occurrences of detail in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
hit's worse! How some scabbit detail, a wee footer like this can s on page 135

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
k says. Taz goes in tae great detail in the tellin ae the tale. He on page 22

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sichtin oer ivry detail o awbody's wurk on page 29

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a rage. 'Sergeant, draw up a detail tae end this charade!' But hi on page 47

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the end by fine mathematical detail. Onywey, I think it cam as a on page 23

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ecteeve, we want tae see mair detail that links speceeficallie tae on page 10
y are lookin as weel fur mair detail regairdin whit this wuid mean on page 13
Scottish Government fur mair detail as tae hoo the Scottish Gover on page 17
eficance, they cawed fur mair detail, incluidin statutorie guidesh on page 18
e mony public buirds fur mair detail as tae whit micht be hauden a on page 26
Also on pages 31, 46, 54, 61
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t hudnae went intae any great detail. It wis suttin tae dae wae a on page 33
. She never did go intae much detail as tae why she hud hated it s on page 67
Ah decide tae no lit this wee detail dampen ma chances ae a ride t on page 155

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
thon detail is impeccable. on page 104

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
She hud it noo in near every detail, but in the end it aw depende on page 204

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s. A'll cover maist o this in detail farther alang, bit there's a on page 16

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
le fish. The book gangs intae detail aboot foo tae spik like the f on page 87

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Each gory detail o his obscene daith on page 128

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
yer document this faur in the detail jist canna be done for want o on page 44

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e tea-room tae rehearse every detail ower cream cakes an freshly b on page 37

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
bairns could mak oot the odd detail here and there. It wis aboot on page 5

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Amang the fouth o detail, here ar thrie queeriosities on page 119

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lt wi weil eneuch, an in mair detail nor the Dictionary can. Whith on page 130

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
n intil't, Hogg wyves monie a detail o his awn personal ceircumsta on page 141

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ellt the signeificance o this detail juist yet). Sir Philip distei
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
connections, takkin tent tae detail an
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
inch square of ivory”. Ilka detail is haund-wrocht, bonny an per
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y kin o meaninfu shairpness o detail. It wad seem aw thae hie-glos
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
the time period at haun. The detail o thon airtin-oot can be fund
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
vaigin o Europe on diplomatic detail, the Pope demandit the releas
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d that pores oer every minute detail, cementing ma place as the pr
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
d clasped hauns, but any mair detail wis tantalisingly oot ae reac
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
else comes handy. It’s the detail Ah miss ...” He fell silent
ith - they were a medi-~ cal detail takin casualties fae Chinese
truith - they were a medical detail takin casualties fae Chinese
tae be drawn in be the sheer detail o the picter she paintit. He
tae be drawn in be the sheer detail o the picter she paintit. He
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@WhenDidADidny tweeted
Unreal class attention to detail aff Thomas Cook to announce t (2018) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
@AlexSalmond point in out in detail. Really dunno what I've done (2022) twitter link

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
I'll nae gang intae ony mair detail. on page 29

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
couldnae explain in any great detail the sequence o events that cu
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Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the page as if lookin in mair detail. He started makkin tuttin sou
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
nt Elect Mr Trump’s security detail - sniper on the reef!(2018) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
bein spokken aboot. Fir mair detail aboot da distance contrasts a on page 58

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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
bout the Helly Nichts in more detail, and where I say "Georgian Ca(2017) search twitter

Ulster

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
reen, he spoke tae us in some detail about his role in Nyam, a mus
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