A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

didn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 21.3 14.4 29.8 40.7 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences6140 9 3 7 1 1
Number of authors34 19 8 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of didn in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'I didn't say that. I said we should on page 30

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Fuck sake, son, you didn't half go tae town, Monica sa on page 29

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
They didn't ken the mettle o their man. on page 87

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Kirsty, said Navdeep, Ah didn't know you smoked. Ah didnae on page 48
. You're a very lucky boy you didn't lose more than your spectac on page 165
aid, Who else is in it. Aw ah didn't get the chance tae tell yi on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
have you written?' he asks. 'Didn't get a chance to find out in on page 42

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
it. I made her bonnie enough, didn't I?" on page 80

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tender pile carpit didn't ye on page 82

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
o sentences introduced by ‘Didn’t he say to me ...’. Thar
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ERNEST I done the big yins, didn’t I Pa? D’ye like ma fitb
1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ly every day. Ye kent that - didn't ye?
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
sic stoaps. “I’m sorry. I didn’t understand that.”
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
h wis prepared tae dae cus ah didn’t want tae hang aroon in th
hough they wis scary an’ ah didn’t want tae be captured or b
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McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
at Glenshee ski centre an' we didn't get back tae Dalnoid, where
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
, but I’d be obliged if you didn’t give them a ball again!
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ca’ed the Brain?’ cos he didn’t ken why the Bairn wis ca
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
laciers melted; probably they didn't want to leave again.”
ertes reassurin. Bit ... “I didn’t like the Captain’s voic
or her mother? Is that why we didn’t hear anything through off
friends,” she sayed. “She didn’t know I was coming.” She
“Why didn’t you mention this before?
13 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
’re a really good writer, I didn’t know you had it in you’
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
meenisters wad affen reply "I didn’t catch what the member sai
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
, I said something wrong.., I didn't say that, how do I pull tha(2020) search twitter
@IndyScotWales @mrssandison I didn't read the replies yet, I hav(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@Judy_Jarv No, didn’t know that. Wetherspoon’s (2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
th_wishart @BBCRadio4 Aye.. I didn't think of that.(2020) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
Nessie was real! Donna said I didn't look impressed, damn right (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ng exam papers where the kids didn't know the answer so just wro(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
uld you repeat that, Tyler, I didn't quite catch it,' said the P on page 58

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Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
He didn't want to be there, on page 64

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
en't even true... things that didn't even happen." on page 76

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
two sensible words together. Didn’t even know what a horse wa
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
k they crashed. Or at least I didn’t hear anything.’
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Sheena did a fair braw job, didn't she nae? https://t.co/vy8qD(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@aberdeentaxi1 Aye. Didn't come into toon at often bac(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
omelesshorse A socialist ?? I didn’t get where I am today witho (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
se. Winnie, she wis called. I didn't trust her around Davie. The on page 21

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
mic chaenge. "Is that why you didn't speak?" asks Noor. 'All spa on page 88

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
arcel fae Amazon'....'Weel, I didn't lippen hid!'....'Sheu's lip(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
An dan last year didn shü come wi bairn again whin on page 12
een her fingers, "Wisn he ... didn he droond in da docks in Lond on page 18
"You saw the resemblance, didn't you? Everybody does. I'm Al on page 23
"My greatest joy is that I didn't abort Alexandra, but this i on page 25
té-tak fae da university an didn shü faa wi bairn tae him. I on page 43

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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"I didn't realise it was fancy dress, on page 35

2 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
@radioruderham @peebleshydro Didn’t know that, Geoff. Guid man(2019) search twitter

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
and overweight people. George didn't footer aboot because if he on page 32

1 matches

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