A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

exists Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 14.9 7.5 0 23.2 10.3 22.1
Number of occurrences4429 5 0 4 1 5
Number of authors29 19 4 3 1 2

Occurrences of exists in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
proof that the Abrahamic God exists an wants ye tae be fearful ay on page 10

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
a sheep, yon is pruif that he exists, Syne they wad hunk their sho on page 20

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
notorious VoW o 2014: 'the UK exists to ensure opportunity and sec on page 24
in democratic accoontability exists in structures that represent on page 29

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Scots exists. It has its ain vocabular, it on page 7

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
iness forby the swatches that exists athin it. Tae evite confoondi on page 7
ht' we mean that the spelling exists awready in ane o the publisht on page 16
e haudin evendoun reglar only exists in an ideal warld, whiles ye on page 44

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
I laughed. '"'Course it exists. Itherwyes there widnae be si on page 75

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
hat wes ever yaised in Scots, exists somewhaur naturally in the mo on page 6

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
And gin He still exists, as suits Himsel, on page 22

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
l backing for the leid at noo exists - a trinkle o fundin throu t on page 56

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e o thaim), in sae ferr as it exists, daels wi the case o twa o Jo
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
same want o statistical data exists for Community leids as exists
for Community leids as exists for
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ects the interdependence that exists among human beings, other liv
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gled the saipret depairtment exists, kis at Glesga, Scottish leit
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ly wioot sayin. That Scotland exists as an entity regairdless of t
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
pt secrets that the leid even exists, but ah'm gled tae hae finall
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
supportit life but nou anely exists for grouse shoots an postcair
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
phone buttons thon faceility exists, an maistlins lae the wee pho
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
year, an the rest o the laund exists anely tae facilitate deer sta
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ned Social Democracy that aye exists i Scandinavia. At a UK level,
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
proof that the Arbrahamic God exists an wants ye tae be fearful ay
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ee o mutual unnerstaunin that exists atween SSE and English (twa v
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
iblike owergaen by thon which exists atween her and her beluvit; i
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ntangible livin heritage that exists aroon them. Braemar is a guid
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@fairpechtoot tweeted
@warren_maguire This also exists in the central belt! ‘He’s (2018) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
an hame exists in mortar an bricks, on page 34

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
een the twa fan nae sic thing exists; files heich abeen a cloud ha on page 10

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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
etimes forget that the placie exists. But, ‘at disna mean that g
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
udin forrit at nae sic a leid exists.
s Cat – a language at baith exists or disnae exist in the ae kis
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
lays doon whidder da subject exists or no. Da first kind o predic on page 85
lause spaeks aboot sumthin at exists, or at's present, on page 87

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
e the fact that casual racism exists.(2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@SamMGreer Im very blyde du exists (2020) twitter link

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
l ti finnd oot whit authorite exists for sic chynges. In onie wyce
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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
attain the rich potential at exists. Fundemental tae thon process on page 29
Ulster-Scots organisation at exists the noo ir bes tendered. on page 61
staps langer tim' strategy at exists in mair commercially dhriven on page 65
an' exists aareadie oan a sma' scale bit on page 672

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@fairfaaye tweeted
tic Middle English verb still exists in Ulster-Scots and means to (2020) search twitter

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