A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

fixed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 20.6 24.1 59.6 17.4 0 31
Number of occurrences7240 16 6 3 0 7
Number of authors45 28 10 3 1 3

Occurrences of fixed in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e middle. Alice kept her eves fixed oan it anxiously, cause she w on page 26

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
tinct, still haudin a gleg ee fixed on his pus. on page 137

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Thare wis ae parteicular fixed windae pane luikin oot ower t on page 26

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
nst the waw like his heid was fixed there on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
forefinger in admonition, an fixed John straucht-on wi his dark on page 31
ee wrunklt, greitin bairn, an fixed his questin mou tae his mithe on page 71

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in. She kept her een steadily fixed on the gless and noo the fush on page 159

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she managed tae get her feet fixed. This guy in the Start Rite s on page 12
sure whitever needs done gets fixed. An no only that - she's the on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Her een wir firmly fixed oan the groun, on page 59

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the wee school that cannae be fixed wi a wet paper towel. Ah coug on page 15

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
iom as a 'group of words in a fixed order that have a particular on page 34

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wis puzzled. The landlady had fixed the lock on his room yisterda on page 38

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e wey the wart-faced loon had fixed up the lichts stapped Klaus f on page 142

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
found oot. Da hud a one-year fixed-term contract in San Francisc on page 33
in behind ma hair, eyes still fixed oan the fallin doon fence. 'M on page 41

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Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ma Granda's ayewis fixed ma bike, on page 7

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
s. He telt me he could get me fixed up wi a drivin job in the Sta on page 136

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Shair, I'm officiallie o "fixed abode' on page 20

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and aince the hauf door's fixed and he'll juist need to push on page 72

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
on the wa whaur it wis fixed wi twa preens; the wee
fixed on the runkled face o Ma Bont
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
eir nostrils wide—their een fixed—their faces close to their
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
she managed tae get her feet fixed. This guy in the Start Right
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ich each member contributes a fixed sum weekly for a stated perio
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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
kin at Livvy, whose eyes were fixed on the sign at the tap ae the
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ad. Aw the while, ma eyes are fixed oan the door. It’s gaun’a
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Boswell’s Coort, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
we fixed on airn breckets til haud the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The man leukit roon an \qbal fixed him deleeberately wi his ee.
The man leukit roon an lqbal fixed him deleeberately wi his ee.
2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ean Pied a’ the bills an’ fixed the washin’ machine An’ t
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
heid an haunds wur severed an fixed on the Netherbow as a warnin

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
by the fire and kept ma eyes fixed doon on the rug till they’d
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@TheGunnersPub Fixed it on the way oot tho ??(2020) search twitter

@ionafyfe tweeted
Of course, we wint tae see it fixed, bit we have a nummer o ither(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
d then open. Please can it be fixed soon? Huggggssss fae Scotland(2015) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
livered earlier and paintwork fixed.... hopefully the last ???? (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
eedin looked at! Ah'll get it fixed, thanks fir lettin me ken. Th (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 thanx fir the offer but am fixed up fir the nite at another cl (2020) twitter link
ficial hope you manage to get fixed up guys (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
took nae tent o them, his een fixed on the Marischal Tower, looki on page 30

1 matches

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Bit ma een are raither fixed on reid breist robin on page 80

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
He fixed haud o his tweezers, a surgic on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
A wifie it a Writers' Circle fixed ma wi a challengin glower. on page 7
"Oh?" Joyce fixed im wi ane o er sispicious leu on page 43

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
anxiously fixed on id, for she felt sure she on page 24

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ton that wis ti be a witness, fixed on a nicht, an Ah got a len o
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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
the idea that things wir less fixed and cast in certainty, less f
stern adult folk wir aye sae fixed and forecastable in tellin ye
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
electrician that aye came an fixed
r the electrician came oot an fixed the fault. "Noo" he
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lay sterk on the bed, her een fixed wide in fricht…Fin Nurse Ma
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tin mair than a cracked drone fixed noo as he looked doon at the
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pitten in the suspension hid fixed the problem. Aye but it wisna
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
he girse in the park wi ae ee fixed on the hunners o humans
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
question mark bawbee gremlin fixed, thanks again for pointing it(2014) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
n I wir alwis gaan tae hae id fixed but hid never got roond tae i on page 20

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The meenit that somebody fixed hid, the craa wis back up tae on page 16
Until he fixed the feathered fiend he'd get on page 57
Aal eyes wir fixed upon me as I slipped intae th on page 73

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n still as a statue, its eyes fixed unblinkanly of the faer corne
as a cat nor a wife haed sheu fixed Dumbledore wae such a piercan
2 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
etlan - ie forms is sumtimes "fixed" tae - in (*a creepin, *a gad on page 40
haetlan appellation naems ir "fixed" or altered tae read as 'o' ( on page 47
A phraseme or set phrase is a fixed expression at haes mair as ee on page 99

3 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
eid, pinched hir pale cheeks, fixed hir braid eebroos wi a brush on page 19
Stooges'. Maisie kep hir een fixed on Daniel as the credits roll on page 43
Alfie fixed the blanket aroon hir shouler on page 52

3 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Fixed on biggin new tha mill. on page 27

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Surely fixed till kap us low on page 14
Yer doom wais fixed sae lang aga! on page 17
Tha widow fixed me in her stare, on page 50

3 matches

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