A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

existence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 21.6 6 9.9 11.6 10.3 13.3
Number of occurrences5342 4 1 2 1 3
Number of authors29 21 2 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of existence in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
A fankle o tubes birlin oot o existence. on page 30

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
"That implies the existence of a Wee Angie,' says the boa on page 10

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, ye've rationalised me oot o existence but...' God let oot a belly l on page 50

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
rince coudna weel explain the existence o a streetlamp an a leerie, s on page 49

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
we aw knew ae the - place's existence. Swore they came through the on page 3
ious tae the main gathering's existence before. On Friday nights befo on page 23

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ish one, by demonstrating the existence of a separate history'. on page 38

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
orld insteed ae the miserable existence that waits fur me oot there - on page 23
isery intae ma awready shitty existence. Sure as shite tae. As ah ans on page 63
. Or, tae spend oor miserable existence sittin behind a desk punchin on page 90

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o Great Britain, that had nae existence afore 1707, drave a horse an on page 17
t Empires disnae spring intae existence fae naewhaur, they are biggit on page 21
aware o the frailties o human existence. Noudays the notion that man on page 87
ensible human endeavour intae existence, this wis the culmination o g on page 94
ht tae a higher level o human existence bi ideas emanatin fae suddron on page 99
Also on pages 117
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eis existence on show, on page 76

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lang afore England cam intae existence but the claimants tae the thr on page 22
e there wis a police force in existence, while earlier in the century on page 103

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
nnest, most powerful phone in existence. on page 4

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
their dulesome existence. They didnae /iterally escape on page 69

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
uns, smells an aa. Thair hail existence wis shaped wi it: ootby an ha on page 21

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
that Eden's pair had nae existence.
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
archaeological evidence, the existence o Pechtish symbol stanes, and
kle soorce o evidence fur the existence o the Pechts is their byordin
er key bit o evidence fur the existence o the Pechts. The michtie pro
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ise ah didnae jist accept the existence o the leid, but that ah luved
kkers are forced tae deny its existence in the public realm - when s
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
hirlt tae a tuim-wamed, short existence.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
a step too far for folk whose existence an livelihood is dependent on
queak aboot Scots because its existence an acceptance is a challenge
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Contemplatin ma existence in the scheme ay things, ah n
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tion tae validate their sorry existence.
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
urement – a means ay cuttin existence up intae segments, however la
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
faimily an existence worthy o human dignity, and h
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
otherwise woefully inadequate existence. Gie them that an they’ll c
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
tae mak skyrie clear that the existence o sic a spectrum doesnae detr
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
jalouse, awbeit cannily, the existence o a community o wimmen makars
Gin the existence and warth o the Scots languag
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inhandss @BBCDomC Yer brain's existence is a myth(!) ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
troot that Andy haed ony rale existence in the eeswal sinse at aa. Th on page 30

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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
™v been on this earth, an the existence o sic a local legend still wi
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
e the AWPR are gaun tae be in existence for a fair fyle yet – there
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Theirs wis a bleak existence, sheu wis weel aware o that. on page 35

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
conundrums o existence, on page 26

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
subject. Exactly whit wye da existence o a standard spellin - whidd
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
led tae funnd hersel still in existence. "An noo fur th gairden!" An on page 19

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
collections, lived a phantom existence at Dalriada lang efter his de on page 30

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
e maun bae recognition o' the existence o' each cultural tradeetion. on page 16
roul in recognisin' baith the existence on page 50

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