A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

majority Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.8 31.4 7.5 19.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences7061 5 2 1 1 0
Number of authors33 24 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of majority in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
win throu till he reached his majority an cuid tak ower the rinnin o on page 63
- ever since he got tae his majority eleiven years efter his faith on page 69
until her boys reached their majority. But it didnae wark oot ower on page 78

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e team. Especially, since the majority ae thum are local lads and th on page 96

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fack that we still hae an SNP majority o Scottish seats at Westminst on page 8
mimer o votes tae guarantee a majority wis nivver gonnae h, a mairra on page 28
e bourach o Brexit ~ a narrae majority means them that hae their gru on page 32
o Independence, an wia clear majority o oor Westminster representat on page 45
on the ither haun, wha hae a majority o Westminster pairliamentary on page 49
Also on pages 61, 78, 80, 89, 95, 112, 129, 140
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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
had been opposed by the vast majority o fowk in Scotland ither nor on page 120

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
joined twins, or at least the majority of them), were broken apart b
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ry scuils whaur GME is in the majority. Atap thon there a wheen Gael
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
that ‘ithin a generation a majority o residenters is like tae be
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ye don’t get in or oot the majority o bits lik this in the Balkan
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ce, in a hale new wey. See, a majority o Yes Voters are different pe
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
thaim amang us — a healthy majority, I dout — that believes in
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
agin him. Edward forgied the majority o the Scots nobility wha’d
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t in Jamaica. An although the majority o Scots arrived in Jamaica af
ae learn the languages of the majority folk o other cultures gies ye
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
hought that the SNP wid win a majority an be runnin’ the Parliamen
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
cht, and it wis gree’d by a majority that rattons wis feres. Theâ€
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ent tae win an anti-austerity majority o European govrenments. Gin w
lism, we maun win a Socialist majority across Europe
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hoo the SNP nae langer haes a majority, an therefore haes nae mandat
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
The SNP haes tynt its majority, but the ongaein implosion o
cunnert tae tyne their oweraw majority i Halyruid, an ye can bet tha
haein growed yaised tae their majority ower the lest five year.
at haein jist missed oot on a majority, as they’ll no be boonced i
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tentions o the new richt-wing majority govrenment. Efter defyin mont
n a pairliament wi nae oweraw majority, an a slicht lead for the bra
by takkin a warkable govrenin majority i the Hoose o Commons. While
Wi a legislative majority i the Commons an a weak an le
and’s 59 MPs, as weill as a majority i the Zkots Pairliament in Ed
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
FPTP, whaur pairties can get majority control on a minority o votes
y o votes. Or, even wi a smaw majority o votes, gets disproportionat
o their memmers as weill as a majority o the turnout tae haud strike
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
NP could be lookin at anither majority wioot needin a single list MS
SNP, but they’ve got their majority sortit, ye can vote for whaev
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
t Syriza fawin jist short o a majority micht complicate things. They
he pairliament that wad mak a majority whan eikit tae Syriza’s tot
either o thaim faws short o a majority, as leuks increasinly likely,
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
independence as Glesca had a majority that voted Aye. The streets t
r, the empty windaes were the majority. It was also statit that Aye
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ut nane in Scots, the current majority hamelt language o Scotland. A
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
n; as, indeed, dae the muckle majority o European leids. English is
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
every possible direction. The majority ae thum withoot even the comm
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
unter He hausna an canna ca a majority i a likelihood an it winna si(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
wi impunity. An it is fer the majority.(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
mandate fir independence & a majority o Scotland's MPs tae https:// (2022) twitter link
Parliament wi a 80 seat tory majority where if wan o thum breks the (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
on You know you dinnae have a majority in Scotland? (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
, yea wur superseded by a yes majority. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
far the vast majority o violence against women on page 26

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
It’s fair tae say the majority o the Bruntland Arms regulars
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
hat’s right. Daily. For the majority o the near 31,000 days she’
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ots produce, this summer, the majority o oor diets are gaun tae cons
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
sel. I am een o’ the silent majority fa is happy tae let ither fol
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ontinues tae be spoken by the majority o folk. It’s owld news noo,
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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
s in ither firms o Scots, the majority o the wark at’s gien afore
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
lt apairt audibly da absolute majority o da time. Bit gien da domina on page 80

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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
overnmental een, aye. Fir the majority but, it's never been awa an b(2020) search twitter