A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lower Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 17 20.8 29.8 40.7 10.9 4.4
Number of occurrences5732 13 3 7 1 1
Number of authors37 17 10 3 5 1 1

Occurrences of lower in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ah cannae staun any lower," said the Hatter: "Ah'm oan on page 111

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Shame aboot the lower section on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
d we kin aw agree there's nae lower form ae human life than a boo on page 44
"Lower yur fuckin voice, you goat a on page 162

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
an Ah widnae lower the conversation on page 102

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
re cracker. When she gaed tae lower hersel intae the chair there on page 99
on tae the end o the rope and lower it doon, but dinnae fa in yer on page 181

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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
blubber they had on board the lower in the watter they sat. on page 33

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ah wisnae even gaunnae lower masel tae say ah wis only hau on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Dumbo ears tae awbody in the lower school an aw.' on page 62

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
es o the ceety was rebuilt at lower housin densities i the 1960's on page 9

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
nae chance against it on the lower braes o the hill. The grund w on page 19
fae herm. He chapped aff the lower heids and cut his wey through on page 56

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Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
pe aroond yer waist, and I'll lower ye richt doon inside it. Ye'l on page 29

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ords but dinnae ask thaim tae lower thirsels tae his wey o speaki
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the fuck ah’m dain oan the lower reaches ay a mountain at hauf
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
vanishin behind the brow ay a lower hill.
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ered BMW tae rough it wae the lower classes fur ten minutes afore
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ncil offered us this hoose. A lower cottage flat they wid cry it
gairden to the rear, wae the lower wans huvin wan at the front.
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he sais, his voice noticeably lower in pitch. We aw take a dig ay
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rse ay it through, an we’ll lower this end, an come through wae
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e right side ay scaldin as ah lower masel in, inhalin sharply as
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
at there wis indeed someboady lower doon the fid chain in Edinbur
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@MartinBroon tweeted
these choppers flyin roon the lower leagues the noo, landin playe(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
jist shocked thit Rwanda wid lower it's standards oan human rich (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
u think they cannae stoop any lower they do! (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
s' have noo voted tae import 'lower standard' produce intae oor f(2021) search twitter
K Cash ye say? Naebody o' the lower ranks will hae ony feckin cas(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
er and a group of lads from a lower league against championship o (2021) twitter link
es - but am defo enjoyin the lower leagues stuff n the national (2021) twitter link
rder m8 - better watchin the lower leagues fir the breed n butte (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e stairs connect the upper an lower pairts o the toon. Fae the ta on page 18

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an watched Arnie lower himsel intae on page 51

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An Lower Largo is super on page 123
Pit me on a Bluebird bus, i'lower deck no upper on page 175

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"A canna go no lower," sade e Hatter: "A'm on e fl on page 109

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
lift button for the lower ground fleer, thinkin she wid
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Minnie heard Mrs Baxter, frae Lower Kilrogie girn tae her man. 'A
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
s faur better weys o achievin lower levels o obesity. It’s time
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
me the licht wiz beginnin tae lower ower the Moray Firth but the
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ce as the music room but much lower. At ae corner wiz a pile o fi
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d, “Anither couple o inches lower and I’d call masel Mary!”
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
rs and letters tae the mole , lower and upper was the only thing
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@Franwella tweeted
oors. ‘is ane’s based on th lower beats o’ th Sp’y n tales o(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He stood wi his lower lip stickan oot and his hands on page 60

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Lower the pail an pull hid up, then on page 35

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Turn, lower and create a new carpet o hil on page 60

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"I canna win nae lower as dis," said da Hat-makker: on page 114

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"dey'll be a troot lyin dere, lower your wirm in peerie wyes. Gen on page 9

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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
da servant aksed. "Da fock at Lower Drittlaboot telt me dae wir t on page 35

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
new we wir in for a day in da lower toon. We couldno start afore
ts an sandshun, we head ta da lower toon. Surroonded by fences ta
Open da grinnd ta da lower toon. Yes, I keen, shut da gr
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Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
es ir taen awa tae git tae da lower oilier paet.
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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ah cannae gaun ony lower," said th Hatter: "Ah'm oan t on page 112

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"A cannae gae nae lower," said the Hatter: "A'm on th on page 114

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