A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

encouraged Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 9.8 3 9.9 17.4 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2719 2 1 3 1 1
Number of authors25 17 2 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of encouraged in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Alice didnae feel much encouraged tae ask any mair questions ab on page 95

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ic drama fir the modren stage encouraged and aye gies smeddum til Scot on page 37

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rea were maire tolerated than encouraged by the teachers. This wisnae on page 22

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
warld's fowk we are nouadays encouraged tae think o as primitive, the on page 87
hat the mainstream media are 'encouraged' tae hide. At the hairt o thi on page 117

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
shuid hae their Scots tongue encouraged an respeckit. Speakers that h on page 11

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
edia and publishin warlds are encouraged tae engage wi their Scots spe on page 3

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Lassies like me wurnae encouraged tae dream and ah gat wan chan on page xvii

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
an companies are offeicially encouraged to tae yaise the language i s on page 107

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
pacity that is no nurtured an encouraged is a
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
thit Scots is facilitatit an encouraged in speech an screivin in publ
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
durin the 80's, ah wis never encouraged awfy muckle tae think aboot f
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Encouraged by ma success, ah go tae dae
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
it? Kissed her like a leman, encouraged her tae lat hersel gae, lat h
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the end, audience memmers wis encouraged tae speir their ain questions
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
dience wis sat in a circle an encouraged tae tell their ain tales an s
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
de in the cauld air again hus encouraged the feelin ae bein plastered.
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@LairnScots tweeted
ony stories aboot how ye were encouraged ye tae speak yer mither tongu (2019) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nt that long ago everyone was encouraged to car share lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
east gan tae gee eit a go, we encouraged em, "At's aw richt Baggy, ye on page 47

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Alice didna feel encouraged till ask any more questions a on page 93

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Encouraged bi the whistles that were com on page 30

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ated ta New Zealand, bit shü encouraged dem ta go, ta tak da chance a on page 76

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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
Dis is a page whaar fok irr encouraged ta write i' da Shetland diale

@tattooedselkie tweeted
e usin Shetlandic. It wis not encouraged idda skules at aa fir mony ye(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ahlice didnae feel encouraged tae ask ony mair queestions a on page 95

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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
chansts hae encouraged taakin pairt bae strang numme on page 48

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