A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

occupied Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.7 7.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2013 5 0 0 1 1
Number of authors15 10 3 1 1

Occurrences of occupied in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
e the auld wuman's apairtment occupied. Guid that... For ye niver ke on page 136

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
but many more poets have occupied on page 23

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
which, until lately, hud been occupied by a Miss Agatha Trunchbull. on page 222

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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
d castle nearby that had been occupied by some heich-up bodie. Fowk on page 62

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
er things tae keep the bairns occupied, Coont Olaf had left them oot on page 29

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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ad. That should keep the cunt occupied.
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tous gowdfish bowl, sometimes occupied by a refugee frae the “Show
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ay your spare room is usually occupied by your Tibetan servant, isnâ
hat wisna desert wis that ... occupied. Lik a train wi nae sates lef
hat wisna desert wis that ... occupied. Lik a train wi nae sates lef
- apairt fae Derriakin, wha occupied a mair exaltit state - had b
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
rtable feeling. But ah’m no occupied wi that for long, as I realiz
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
tae the day hus kept ma mind occupied oan other hings and ah’m ch
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Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
restin activities tae keep ye occupied. Wi less commotion than Madri on page 3
in the war an foo the Germans occupied the Scandinavian kintra for f on page 15

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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
nd noo this diary tae keep ma occupied.
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
O.E. that wint tae the war in occupied Europe and wiz captured by th
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
erman convoys aff the coast o occupied Norway. She tellt ma on one a
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
on-steid yonner an baith wur occupied bi the Tamson faimlie. The Ta
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
d frae the three large hooses occupied bae the minister, the doctor on page 24

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