A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

during Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.1 17.5 25.6 0 5.8 21.9 4.4
Number of occurrences5333 16 0 1 2 1
Number of authors32 20 9 1 1 1

Occurrences of during in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
our to stay out of harm's way during the holidays. I realise this on page 57

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
During ma brief trip tae the hospita on page 176

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Ah wake up during the night. Ah check the time on page 2

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
during his last days on page 133

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an then tae Scotland during on page 29

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
t is stated and ordainit that during the reine of hir maist blissi
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“You collapsed during a routine root canal procedur
imes—and that happens a lot during the best of times.”
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nt one...two...three, I blink during the day, three quick blinks l
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Royal Artillery (his regiment during WW2). It wis during a bounce
WW2). It wis during a bounce game in Burma that h
That wis jist a bounce game, during the actual trial he wis hardl
3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
is could happen at ma school, during playtime nae less.
During the efternoon’s classes, ah
2 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ed just how tall the lady wis during her wee breeshle in the door,
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
44 We looked at places to buy during lockdown. I’d sell up and go(2020) search twitter
go too’s. Got intae Moretti during lockdoon, cannae get enough o(2020) search twitter
5 @cfdtizzi There was a story during the troubles in Ireland, when(2020) search twitter
ly ??. That’s how I survived during last lockdown, and why I’m o(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
nBengal ??.. It'll hae tae be during the day Rab.. Cannae dae it a (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
..but where wis @ollyofficial during last song? Happy Christmas ta(2014) search twitter
Edinburgh's farmer's markets during #edfringe2015? Hee hee! Huggg(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ur fower gamblin site adverts during the brek. Disgustin. Ah'd ret(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ties tae sustain the students during this time. So, utter shite he(2020) search twitter
ade reference tae the lecture during her ain update. Wan thing I d(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
squaddie dealing wi the bins during the strike in 73ish) had been (2022) twitter link
d out Las Malivinas. I was 19 during that nonsense and wore my Arg (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
"During the winter a discontent, our (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
During ma twenty odd years as a teac(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nguage billowin thru the wall during the game n a (2021) twitter link
ve a few drinks and chill out during these troubled times - enjoy (2020) twitter link
youth games at various venues during the amateur shutdown and fans (2021) twitter link
oday - nothins altered there during the pandemic - what a shambl (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
flee ower tae yer destination during the oors o darkness. (Bruce p on page 40

2 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
s awa. Sometimes, on Sundays, during the lang stretches (fin her m on page 14
ur for't. Her man wis a piper during the waar (nae the last waar, on page 15

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Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
his wis far pupils could ging during the interval an hae a news ig on page 50

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"During the first half of the perform on page 60

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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
spilt some saat on the table during broth-time and she made ma ch
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aboot the things he’d seen during the war. She kent that their
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
flown mosquitoes fae Boyndie during the war, deein sweeps across
1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
afford tae hae the heating on during the April snow showers, cos f
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
alang,shout oot an jump aboot during music - fit wye does Ministe(2016) search twitter
on can ah see fae fit village during ma waak? https://t.co/ZRXWrHd(2016) search twitter
en will be “covered in mud” during the summer holidays! Thanks t(2017) search twitter
n freyday aifter the days aff during the new year has fair gart me(2020) search twitter
ved in the Gordon Highlanders during Wardle War Twaa an wis captur(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
US Don Trump tae visit Fittie during his state visit, even asked t(2017) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
aised Beach', a poem he wrote during his 10 year stay on Whalsa, S on page 19

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
heep safety in @scotslanguage during the hale #COVID19 or maybe ev(2020) search twitter
Reading Twitter threads during a pandemic isn't maybe the he(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
bow an arry too??????! It was during the big Game of Thrones casti(2021) search twitter