A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

est Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 24.5 4.8 9.9 5.8 10.9 13.3
Number of occurrences5546 3 1 1 1 3
Number of authors27 19 3 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of est in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
.) So she stairtit again: "Ow est ma chatte?", which wis the fi on page 22

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Awrite, auld yin!' the wee-est, chubbiest wan says, puttin h on page 10

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
unco querious. It wis the wee'est o them aw. There wis space on on page 49

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ed.) Sae she tried again: "Ot est ma chatte?", that wis the fur on page 21

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ivain écossais. Ce problème est de choisir la langue qu'on de on page 35

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the aul'est well her asthmas chronic. on page 48

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And a Frenchman wails, 'C'est dur, on page 34

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ur the lest time efter ma wee-est lassie went aff tae the skeel on page 59

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
assies in oor school. The wee-est sizes in the shops are even t on page 136

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
bide wi because even the wee-est things got him on page 60

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
fesses. 'It got a five. But c'est la vie. How did your story do on page 50

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
d cairrots, Da!' said the wee-est o the three Wee Tods. 'We'll on page 55
wis aye there. He wis the Wee-est Tod o them aw. on page 58
through it. Brock and the Wee-est Tod follaed efter him. on page 63
le they were claikin, the Wee-est Tod had smooked a jaur aff th on page 64
de!' He and Brock and the Wee-est Tod lowped up on tae a shelf on page 67
Also on pages 70, 71, 72, 76
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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
tae the wee-est details (they niver chynged),
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
‘La petite Reine Ecossaise est la plus belle enfante!’
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Hic non urbs est (etc)
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
for Icarus. He jined the wee-est feathers thegither first, syn
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
y is Heeligoleerie, oor wee’est muin.’
‘Yer wee’est muin?’ speired Kat.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ichtnae soond like the cantie-est o tales, but its mirkness is
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Lehane, Matt Psstt, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche, ou est la torche
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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n ainlie hae the finest, hi’est quality floor fae Fisher an D
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
aise the French phrase ‘c’est la vie’ or the German wird
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@billykayscot tweeted
e the old lady knows: “ce n’est qu’un au revoir mes frères,(2020) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d.) So she started again: "Ow est ma chatte?", wheech wis e fir on page 21

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Plong is the hame o the wee-est Plong ava, caad Plinky. He’
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
rummond Aye, innit is like n’est-ce pas, eh no? (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Laborare Est Orare on page 12

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ed.) So shö began ageen: "Ow est ma chatte?" for dat wis da fi on page 22

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
.) Sae she sterted agin: "Ot. est ma chatte?", which was th fir on page 21

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Tae stur the wee'est fither! on page 5
Sae shae stairtet agane. "Ot est ma chatte?" That wus the furs on page 22

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Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ise o thae leids bes tha smaa'est waarantie tha yins 'at taaks on page 14

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