A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

living Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 12.3 19.6 59.6 23.2 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4924 13 6 4 2 0
Number of authors40 19 11 5 3 2

Occurrences of living in Corpus

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Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The living beast has stumbled on The dea on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ains, "I've made quite a good living from my work." on page 49

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
s,' ah say, walking intae the living room. on page 2

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
- a living wave, a burning life. on page 35

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Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Pine Wid, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Amang their living, on page 6

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the living seas an aa that's there. on page 54

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
sts among human beings, other living species and the planet. For i
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
€™d care a jot. He wis a real living threat tae the system o privi
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
es. “Don’t worry, we’re living in crazy times—and that hap
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
a dead thing, and water is a living thing? Do yi think that’s w
The wind makes it move like a living thing, and I think I see that
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ptly named husband) have been living aff his mither ever since the
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t there micht be wild animals living there that cuid attack them.
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e boy as he breenges into the living room. Av worked it oot.
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Forced to scrape a living,
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ng telly-light coming fae the living room, as the door had been le
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t. “You have a Tibetan girl living in your house in Kalimpong ..
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Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
t maist o’ ma younger years living in a permanent state o’ fea
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nt cover ae that posh Country Living mag. The fresh white bunkers
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
his in the middle of naewhere living is doing ma heid in and dunde(2020) search twitter
it was late and I woke up and living room TV was link to bedroom I(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@ComeCoachWithMe ##CCWM Love living in Scotland but I'd relocate (2015) search twitter
@nickstoppani Try living up here in Scotland sometime.(2016) search twitter

@fourmenterian tweeted
@DickWinchester @Ali_Leith Living in France & don't suppose I'l(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ory of Mr Polly he wis a man 'living a profoundly religious life u on page 40

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
waater and went throu tae the living room. on page 42

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
LIVING ON LOVE on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
airtit, "what a way to make a living..." on page 59

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ane o the benefits o living in a democracy is ye can say on page 23

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
A Vigorous Institution: The Living Legacy of Patrick Geddes, int on page 125

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Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
I started in the living room. I hid the tele lookin a
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
Right enough, fae ma living room winda I can see sand twi
is here. You’ve got to stop living among the wreckage of the pas
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
his shooder and hud it like a living octopus tae his fore atween h
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e the wee brigg far baith the living an the deed crossed. She stru
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
d. Tis a struggle, wife loved living up Rhu, loves Glesga & the Bu(2021) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Imagine living in a hoosie fu i' quines an f(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
as a dining table in the living room. on page 14

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wae no ither living sowl aboot. on page 132

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Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
Waukmill's living room. When uncle Jim on page 18

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ae his bed, he gaed intae the living room in time tae catch the la
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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
’. Some Scots IS slang. Every living spoken language has various r (2020) twitter link
like English and every other living spoken language, has differen (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
iviry bit o laand an iviry living sowl. on page 31

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
h a good hotel, from paying a living wage to serving such super me(2020) search twitter
din. I'm feelin gratitude for living by da sea. https://t.co/8HETH(2020) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
I really wonder why the ever living feck this is such a thing? Ye (2018) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
disnae hae winterdykes? We're living in a winterdyke wonderland.(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
‘em. Contrarily, a have been living around doon sooth fir employm(2020) search twitter