A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

express Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 23.6 18.1 9.9 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences6346 12 1 1 1 2
Number of authors40 26 9 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of express in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
But nae word or oath could express the state he wis in. The boon on page 139

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
An a brichtly lit express train shoogled the signalman' on page 74
prince, 'stech themsels intae express trains, bur they dinna ken wh on page 80

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
en a hert fu o luve ye cannae express? on page 18

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae book her ride oan the Aldo express. Bruce hus come oan leaps and on page 156

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e jist cannae be uised athoot express Yankee permission but, as we on page 120

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
trehin ti condense, express an gauge. on page 35
love ti caress an undress an express on page 109
Fae whar eh kin express, caress on page 112

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
It said in The Paisley Express the day that a young boy has on page 133
ae The Express, then when we'd oor primary s on page 148
ade front page ae The Paisley Express an me an him wur courtin as s on page 169

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
compromised their ability tae express theirsels. on page 8

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
nspeckle feature o the wey we express wirsels in oor community life on page 2

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
s mair nor acceptable for tae express in yer screivings. The brawne on page 7

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
s thon at allous the leid tae express a distinctive culture an pynt on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Sae I'd like tae express Scottish Language Dictionarie on page 20

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
le yon debate ony mair or tae express a
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
"thole" whanever he wants tae express the idea o a body pittin up w
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mar, cause it’s no thare ti express the rummlin o yer harns sae m
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
Wire. It's mood-music for the express elevator tae the Bad Fire noo
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ther. Ah've never had onybody express the desire tae chib me acause
ots frae the grund up, wi the express purpose o uising it tae commu
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
n Scots - but the BBC hae an express responsibility tae mak shuir
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
the only way a felt ah could express ma self and immerse ma self i
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
In years tae come bairns will express themsels confidently, fluentl
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ictates that ye cannae openly express awe an wonder at that in life
Tae openly express wonderment at such things, is
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r a phone, on your behalf, to express your interest?’ He’s done
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ession is the richt an aw tae express culture throu the language th
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A’d give them one wi’ the express warnin’ that they had tae t
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
thit express theirsels in
express hings
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s auld-farrant Mandarin cudna express exackly the concepts she wint
ill. Beatrice wis obliged tae express enthusiasm for this charmin n
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
hey wanda need tae explicitly express their patriotism an haud sel-
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ae thoosans o young Scots tae express thirsels in, an ken the guid
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
AIBERDEEN'S Evening Express haes reportit on a proponed n
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
airticle in the Paisley Daily Express on 21 Feb.:-
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Scots has monie wirds fur tae express the English ‘one’. The fo
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ow it is - n am no feerd tae express masel - ma isobel hus fecked (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
a, nae yet. Ah get the Evenin Express, nae the P and J." (At's The on page 35

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Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Wirds canna express that reunion an the welcome t on page 29

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es Ronnie laid oot the Evenin Express oan the fireside rug an proce on page 54

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
de lavvies an pit the Evening Express in them. (An for the benefit on page 72

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t wis on the front page o the Express.
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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
speare, Bunty. He used it tae express the maist complex human emoti
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
cognised feature o the wey we express oorsels in oor community life
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Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
e her acause it helps her tae express hersel. Jill said: “Aires j
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Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
n fa wi are as weel as foo wi express oorsels. Ettle tae mak us fee
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Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
ae quite 'aa aboard the Polar Express' jist yet, Ah've got jist the
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ein a #reporter fur the E’en Express eence, bit ah wis hannit ma c(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ted. I am at the same time to express the sympathy and regret of th on page 38

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wyes o combinin morphemes tae express different idees, an tae mak n on page 38

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
kulter, an hei isna blate tae express himsel i his ain hamlet Borde
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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"that's naw the richt wye tae express yersel ava." on page 61

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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
The penel bes anxious tae express hits thanks fer the chanst ta on page 4

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