A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Occurrences of douglas in Corpus

Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
- had said nuhin as the boy Douglas again crept by wae a shifty g on page 78
van oer the street. One o the Douglas fellas, moved back wae a brid on page 80
, ye asked Whae's the new Mrs Douglas, onybdy ye ken? wae a gesture on page 81

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
M. Watson ir Victor Carin ir Douglas Young fir wham thair experien on page 37

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
al, Strathaven, Lesmahagow an Douglas: ilka toun only a day's ride on page 25
Priesthill. Frae Mauchlin tae Douglas, an New Cumnock tae Fenwick, on page 28
herin deep in the hills anent Douglas, whaut there had been nae bot on page 34
The Reverend Douglas caumly raised his airms an st on page 36
e moss tae Cumnock an Colonel Douglas had him shot there athoot a t on page 44
Also on pages 60, 61, 62, 75, 79, 80, 81
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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
en o Scots owersetters, Gavin Douglas, an his Aeneid. Aa he says he on page ix

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ced tae her. Her name's Daisy Douglas. We shake hawns. Folk don't s on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
. Cool as you like "Silly me, Douglas" she said "I forgot you're a on page 59
"What's going on here, Douglas?" Justine asks. And she seems on page 83
n the brink ae dain a Michael Douglas fae that film Fallin Doon. on page 124
Douglas rests the tray oan the purple on page 170
quealed. "Take a seat next to Douglas" words that sent ma hert tae on page 192
Also on pages 194
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
the French, veteran skreivar Douglas Kynoch offers us a memorable on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Hou the bold Douglas sclimb't up Embra's crags, on page 128

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
anguage are Henryson, Dunbar, Douglas, Burns, Scott, Stevenson an M on page 9

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
05), Dunbar (c.1460- c.1530), Douglas (1476- 1522), and Lyndsay (c. on page 15

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
James Douglas, Earl o Morton, anither consp on page 14
(Bothwell, Balfour an Douglas hiddle thegither) on page 15
(Ti Balfour, Douglas, an Attendant) on page 16
(Exit Bothwell, Douglas, Balfour, an the Attendant. on page 17
disguised in a heavy hood, wi Douglas an a groom, an on page 35
Also on pages 73
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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
grimer) deed as did the Black Douglas cairryin the bowsie mon's her on page 27
Whit did Archibald Douglas hae in his bluidy mitt on page 32

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
(This text wesna publisht or Douglas Mack pit it oot twantie year on page 116

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
arld o 'The Gentle Shepherd'; Douglas Young gaes flichterin frae th on page 109

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
whilk wes Gavin Douglas an the Eneados. The ongauns i on page 7
wes the former, at luikit til Douglas's Scots in relatioun on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
compilit a glossary tae Gavin Douglas's Aeneid and tae Sir John Ske on page 14

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
The Death of Douglas, Lord of Liddisdale is kinna on page 139
Like The Death of Douglas, the neist tale, Thirlestane, on page 140

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ten, an later on, in 'Troke', Douglas Kynoch shaws us at the weys o on page 7

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ur du Roy’, a brainch o the Douglas faimilie, whause connecktion
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
alang wi Henryson, Dunbar and Douglas) whase work the dictionars ha
thon, the neist is fae Gavin Douglas’s Aeneid (1513). ‘The gro
poetic tradition afore Burns. Douglas in the Palace of Honour (1501
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
Finally the Marquis o Douglas paid a fair sum o siller an L

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
an see wi, for example, Gavin Douglas's "Aeneid" hivin been written
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ent century wi the poet Gawin Douglas (1475-1522). In the first pro
late o the Aeneid inti Scots, Douglas staps in a bit explanatory te
A dout Douglas's deeficulties isna juist tha
kent as muckle theirsels. An Douglas hissel wis weel acquent wi En
hat like wis ilkaday Scots in Douglas's time? The unbekent contempo
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The Rid Douglas
“Tel hir at The Rid Douglas wul pit aw ti richts the morn
closs whaur the Rid Douglas wes bydin, tholemuidie-lik, h
ettilt ti pley it wi The Rid Douglas, at, ye maun mynd,
n shae wesna hairmed. The Rid Douglas didna lauch. He muntit hiz
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
� as in Laitin – whit Gavin Douglas cried ‘fowth o langage’.
isers follaein Spenser. Gavin Douglas is a lane memmer in Scotlan o
ither nor whaurever possible. Douglas stauns oot for his ettle tae
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mples micht shaw whit I mean. Douglas Kynoch’s Doric Proverbs and
use English dis that job. Sae Douglas Dunn says ‘...Nor did MacDi
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nnovations made bi the like o Douglas Young seems moderate an plaus
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
k(ness) wis the chyce o Gavin Douglas an William Dunbar, it haesnae
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s, at includes sik feigurs as Douglas Gifford, Tam Leonard an Roder
upermakar’ controversie, wi Douglas Young, at haes left its merk
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ter strain, frae Bishop Gavin Douglas, e’en thro Fergusson again,
rarie end o the scale we find Douglas Young’s twa learnit owerset
hitherto unexpress’t. Baith Douglas Young, and Liz Lochhead yaise
shoppin centre. Fair eneuch, Douglas Young ettlet at a like fusion
crack o a shipyaird warker as Douglas Young’s ‘Lallans’ is ta
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
OWERSET INTAE SCOTS BY ASHLEY DOUGLAS, MULTI-LEIDIT RESEARCHER, SCR
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the anely ane — sae George Douglas Brown's Hoose wi the Green Sh
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
the likes o Hugh MacDiarmid, Douglas Young, Hamish Henderson, Tom
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ckville, Broomfield, the auld Douglas Park. People that want tae pi
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
n the Mitchell Library an New Douglas Park on a Setturday) is shuir
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
yson, William Dunbar an Gavin Douglas wrate the maist weel-regairdi
temporars Henryson, Dunbar an Douglas. An in his 1993 beuk Musick F
warks o Makars like Dunbar an Douglas, sae we should tak braider te
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
Henryson, Dunbar, and Gawain Douglas, throu the Border Ballads, on
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
e James Alison, HMI, the late Douglas Gifford, Professor of Scottis
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
e series 1997-2002, edited by Douglas Gifford, Alan MacGillivray et
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Dr. Fiona Douglas,
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
Douglas Torrance asked tae see this s
They stoaped at the village o Douglas an bid owernicht in its Tolbo
fter that but we’ll bide wi Douglas at the meenit.

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
fur Edinbro. They stoaped at Douglas Tolbooth whaur the sack sat o
ny radicals jined a muster at Douglas whaur a regiment wis raised b

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The Douglas corp is cowpit intae foreign
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@g_hibby tweeted
Ah only went tae the kitchen Douglas.. Limited choice... Nae Lorne (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
e some ither poleetician than Douglas the Lineman on the BBC naist (2020) search twitter
nnealadair I'd have gone for "Douglas Ross' Cowlickin Sooky Party"(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
dram on Burns Night Sir Alec Douglas-Home astonished Winnie Ewing (2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Us wis really lovely. Ah fund Douglas an Connie's brek up even sadd(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
dae ye call a man wi nae dug? Douglas ?????? #GuidGuisin #Scots htt(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
Ashley Douglas https://t.co/w19Aok9APB https (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
atch for Burns an Henryson an Douglas an the rest o them. The clinc on page 58

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
nieve at aabody or ense Black Douglas follaein his hert, still mind on page 10

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Douglas Hurd's, Desmond Tutu's on page 194

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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
yson, Walter Kennedy an Gavin Douglas. Indeed, he kent mair anent t
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
She bosied him and fuspert “Douglas!” for that wiz tae be his n
for that wiz tae be his name, Douglas MacGregor aifter his faither.
The years passed and Douglas wint tae the skweel. A shy la
That usually garred Douglas pit his heed doon and charge.
is broo and makkin fun o him. Douglas hid jist hid eneuch and gid f
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Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ony years a teacher at Castle Douglas High School. His wark hus bin on page 127

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