A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dialects Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words40.4 49.5 8 49.7 122.1 10.9 0
Number of occurrences12593 5 5 21 1 0
Number of authors35 27 3 2 3 1

Occurrences of dialects in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ly when it comes tae regional dialects. In the Glaswegian Alice ah'v on page vi

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, drawin on a variety o Scots dialects, synthesisin a Braid Scots o on page 37

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fowk that'll tell ye there's dialects o our Mither Tung that are to on page 74

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ammatical formations, its ain dialects, its ain books,its ain oral c on page 7

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
o Scots that, 'the languages, dialects and literature of Scotland pr on page 3

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Eye Dialects on page 2
9. MIND THE DIALECTS. Whan ye use vocabular or spe on page 5
esses for tae dicht awa thair dialects an tuins sae that thay cuid f on page 6
ts daesna gae agin the uiss o dialects but, raither, the screivar sh on page 12
ed throu haein ten kenspeckle dialects that aw haes thair ain spelli on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 19, 29, 38, 40, 57, 61, 64
26 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
thair dialects o raischism; on page 61

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
includes Gaelic an the dialects o Scots an could tak in the S
it doesna tak in either dialects o the official leid(s) o the
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
portfolio submissions in mony dialects o the Scots leid, including D
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
in as well as a hantle spoken dialects wi a braid core vocabulary an
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
t claer thit: 'the languages, dialects and literature of Scotland pr
its indigenous languages and dialects. This principle permeates the
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
langage, an no juist sindrie dialects. The example o the word guid
ample o a principle o briggin dialects at shoud be the main principl
bviously relate ti the wey at dialects o English is written in Engli
no raelly – a lot o English dialects uises it, an some Northern Sc
be uised in less conservative dialects, an the ‘ch’ soond no uis
11 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mes Murray in his beuk on the dialects o the borders, follaed bi Lor
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s its springheid in the urban dialects o the twentiet century, wi th
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nd or structurally as Inglish dialects exheebitin the influence o an
ndit –nae as in its paurent dialects), a kenspeckle survival. The
ster Inglish thegither wi the dialects tae the sooth. Heid an haunds
h differs substantiously frae dialects tae the Sooth is anither comp
4 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
w and we recognise that urban dialects are richtly dialects o Scots,
are richtly dialects o Scots, wi an importance tha
2 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
- gey close in kind tae the dialects o Scots.
r pairt tae lairn aboot Scots dialects than Hawick, whaur two is twa
jist yin o a dazzling array o dialects that mak up the Scots leid. A
3 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
um wi wirds fae ilka Scottish dialects. Na'hin unco here. This is ho
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ost all found likewise in the dialects of the north of England. This
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
een/wan. There’s a nummer o dialects. Chose the ane that’s close
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e seen as ae language wi mony dialects raither nor a wheen o saiprit
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
ncin narrative in twa sindrie dialects o Scots.
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
local dialects,
aw the dialects
across aw the dialects.
across dialects
4 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
is the official name for the dialects of Scotland (such as Glaswegi
ts as a thing apairt frae the dialects disna raellie exist, then.
r a rickle o unconnecktit wee dialects, accordin tae Creative Scotla
mentit, fest deein-oot spoken dialects. The ootcam o thon nairra ide
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
s Buchan, Glasgow or Shetland dialects)?"
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
o Scotland an hear different dialects bein spaken bi natives o thae
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Forby, specific dialects o Scots will hae mair and sin
makkin reference tae distinct dialects o the Scots leid, fae Doric a
2 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
them. Why does having various dialects exclude it from being a langu(2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
bairns aw ken that there are dialects o oor leid aw the wey fae She (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
different hings in different dialects - the word 'stoater' haein p(2018) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
words, available in different dialects o the leid. They aw hae audio (2021) twitter link
ures wird lists fae different dialects. https://t.co/cyp08Ooprt (2020) twitter link
, an hear wirds fae different dialects https://t.co/fhwQ6mIbMj https (2020) twitter link
u lists of wirds in different dialects o Scots: https://t.co/xnI1tlR (2020) twitter link
lo translatit intae different dialects o Scots, fae Matthew Fitt and (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

@ThonJacobite tweeted
nia Scotland is a land o mony dialects and colloquialisms. Mony o us(2020) search twitter

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
im that shall compare the two dialects with the German, mother of th
scrieve in ane o the Scottish dialects. “Dinna be feel” A wes te
monie fowk nae versed in the dialects o the airts o Scotland, they
3 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
not’... which in ither Scots dialects wid be ‘no’... my heid hurt(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
h tae compare Glesga an Doric dialects. Perfect. (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
s tae hear the differs atween dialects an figure hou best tae write
anguage wi neologisms an mell dialects ithoot faer o bean inaathenti
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
b interview. A leid haes mony dialects teu, varyan fae piece tae pie
browt togither mony competan dialects unner the een leid o centrali
2 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
@HI_Voices I love hearin the dialects fae ootwith the toon! (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
paek different languages), an dialects faa sumwye in-atween. bit mut on page 12
ae, hit wis ey fower distinct dialects: da Kentish Aald English (spo on page 14
rm *-andz. Idda Sooth English dialects, da Aald English form wis wai on page 45
ic, Faroese an Wast Norwegian dialects still hae grammatical gender. on page 49

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
c an da linguistic concepts o dialects - dat is, whit linguists mea
ording to the public concept, dialects have no grammar or at best pa
ion, including those in which dialects are used.
larly disagrees wi da idee at dialects haes nae grammar. He writes:
hile we try ta hain wir micro-dialects fae idder micro-dialects, sta
15 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
rm *-andz. Idda Sooth English dialects, da Aald English form wis wai

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ay of the Orkney and Shetland dialects.(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
mean. Aw ither warl leids hae dialects folk mauger a (2021) twitter link