A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of guilty in Corpus

Central

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
Ian is feelin guilty fur the part he played in Den on page 88

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"That pruves he's guilty, of course," said the Queen: on page 44

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
year 1627) feelin mair like a guilty wee laddie again, than a grow on page 22
ay tae this chairge, which if guilty of, ye maun be fined the sum on page 40

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
nt ae ma tutor and feel heavy guilty. Then ahd tell masel ahd defi on page 1

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
back ti Gleskie. Mind, I felt guilty ti think like that, but let's on page 70

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
n. When she doesnae ken wha's guilty, she jalouses, and the troubl on page 102
me hotterel! Ur ye pleadin no guilty?' on page 114
ow ahint her, feelin a bittie guilty. She never meant tae on page 155

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
in o 1820 - were tried, fund guilty, an judicially murderit in si on page 42

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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
ngs. In order tae protect the guilty we'll caw the Airt Editor Boa on page 75
At first they baith pled not guilty but when it got tae the trial on page 107
he wis convinced the man wis guilty, but the meenister wuidnae he on page 110
tae trial, wis thocht tae be guilty an lost his position as the H on page 111
sed o sedition, tried an fund guilty afore a court presided ower b on page 123
Also on pages 128
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t on the fly but ah felt dead guilty cause Harpreet wantet me tae on page 40
esco but part ae me felt dead guilty aboot the whole Harpreet situ on page 48
artment, an then ah felt dead guilty so ah decidet tae tell ma da on page 99

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
the guilty mistress fir the ruif owre he on page 115
Thaim wha'd say thair aa guilty regardless o the crime are fl on page 120

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s to rub together. Lizzie'd a guilty conscience fur no comin back on page 52
uestionin, but if she's found guilty in court...' on page 78

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
"Aye! Guilty as cherged M'Lud! Ye're a fit on page 65

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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
stigation wis launcht, an the guilty twa war suin catcht an pit ta
Burke wis fund guilty an pit tae deith. His skin wi
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ng he could, an ah’m fuckin guilty by association. Ye try an dae
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay,” ah say, already feelin guilty fur puttin some cabbie’s li
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
mewan back then an’ ah feel guilty fer no daein’ it, bit ah di
hat guy neither. Ah’ve felt guilty aboot it loads, though. First
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
givers, the punishers of the guilty.” The posters had startit t
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Ah felt deid guilty aboot whit had happened. It w
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
gin the windae-sole had been guilty o an act o wull aggression.
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
be thocht innocent til pruved guilty
2. Naebody shal be taen as guilty o ony penal faut on accoont o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
been chynged tae proteck the guilty.
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
Ah feel deid guilty aboot whit happent. It’s ma
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
er, declared that Cameron wis guilty o high treason an pit up a bo

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
cence an bein ignored. He wis guilty o naethin ither than bein a g

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ud ma hands up, likes. Ah’m guilty as fuckin chairged. But him a
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n source ae amusement. Ah wis guilty ae such cruelty massel. Ah mi
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@Chazzbat tweeted
@TheBathBird Sic a guilty face. ??(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
re you - whit's Eva possibly guilty of ?? (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
icht aboot ma novel. Micht bi guilty ae weavin atween thi Scots an (2021) twitter link

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
an at gart her tae feel affa guilty. An her faither gaed oot mair on page 16

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
dgment's come. An they're the guilty anes, ower there. They're aa on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Joyce jumpit an lookit kinna guilty. on page 10
ochts an makkin a het flush O guilty conscience waash ower his dia on page 87

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
maet consists o aa the fine, guilty pleasures that mak life delic on page 14

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ngs; mebbe sometimes a bittie guilty o jist thinkin aboot wirsels on page 15
es lang es ye dinna feel ower guilty aboot missin Norman's funeral on page 16
sel," Ah say, an syne Ah feel guilty cis it's affa gweed o the las on page 44
er shooders. An syne Ah feel guilty at she his te tie ersel up li on page 47
an Ah'm jist deein ma time - guilty o the crime o livin ower lang on page 48

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Ony felon guilty o the maist serious crimes wi
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Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
o Miss Gaeltacht. She pleaded Guilty wi insanity, pleadin that it
s trialt an convicted an foun guilty. She noo bides unner Dr Arthu
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
guilty o something,
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at back wi a sigh and takin a guilty glance at her mither’s chee
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The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
and I was on the jury (he wis guilty, but fit a hunk).
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
ns on the shelves are feeling guilty ower the sup aat has had tae (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
tE (no "doubt"!): I doot he's guilty! on page 106

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
stly dinna even feel slightly guilty aboot it. It's no lik I haed (2021) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ark enenoo. He’s been feelin guilty dat I’m hivin to do aa da ho (2021) twitter link

Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ns hed. If trith be teld, a'm guilty masel o' no venturin' oot mon
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@cammyrudkin tweeted
Deken boot guilty pleasure bit a wud mairy Ella(2012) search twitter