A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

opens Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20 21.8 22.4 9.9 29.1 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6241 14 1 5 0 1
Number of authors30 16 8 1 4 1

Occurrences of opens in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
He opens it, thumbin through the notes on page 11

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
adin a tate o the lament that opens the hail pley an is spak bi t on page 40

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s up, goes tae the back door, opens it. 'Tom presses flat against on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
stuck inside a lion's den. He opens up jist the wey ah imagined h on page 52
and empty boax ae a room. He opens the door and Bruce gees me a on page 161
tae the third flair. The door opens and as ah walk oot ah'm fucki on page 178

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Up here, ma mind opens wi the hills, on page 197

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
s a knock oan the door. Mammy opens it and smiles. on page 32

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
AS RY TO THE OVEN. OVEN DOOR OPENS) on page 63

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ae the Clydesider's porch and opens the black door fur us. Maw fi on page 4
t ma driveway, and the window opens wi a buzz. on page 34

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
in a pandrop. And Daith's ee opens at the boddom o a well. on page 47

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
gaun by. Next thing the door opens an ma grampa Lalor puts es he on page 45

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
l lauch at him. Every time he opens his mooth I can see her smili
canna help it. Every time he opens his mooth wi his “wee douâ€
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A door opens et the back ae a shop, and a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wee interior light an McDade opens another couple ay beers wae h
The back door opens an ah rush by Joe, oot tae th
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
comes floodin in as the door opens an Scanlon an McShane come in
nd sweepin oer us as the door opens an swiftly shuts.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
His wife opens the door as ah get there. She
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The door ay the motor opens an a couple ay auld cunts get
He opens the door, music still blarin,
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
side ay the close, ah windae opens an a cunt wearin some fuckin
rcey appears at his windae an opens it, evidently awoken fae his
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, keepin ma distance when she opens the door.
time ah wis in a hospital. It opens, and a nurse hauns me a surgi
The door opens. A man walks in. He’s weari
3 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
Across the road my front door opens and through a glow fae the bu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a whimper. The door partially opens, a shadowy eye peerin roon th
He opens the door wide. He’s bent oe
The door opens an he walks back doon the loa
Monty opens the windae, ‘AWRIGHT DOLL,
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
votin an political engagement opens up tae tak action, tae talk,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
le, and has a fine trone. She opens it wi a key and ye'll see a r
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
He opens it, thumbin through the notes
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
is life and literary wark. It opens wi ae dedicatory poem tae Sir
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
mers along tae the fridge. He opens it and then prcoceeds tae gul
anders oor tae the blinds and opens thum up. The light shines thr
2 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ss realise that every time he opens his big mooth he further lowe(2021) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
legs in his picters. Ay, airt opens a winnock in the waa; ye keek on page 32

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
mah veins, when ...' the door opens. Enter sultry-voiced Winifred on page 40

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ee fa that is," says Mary. Ah opens e door, an fa shid it be bit on page 35

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Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Hert o the Moontin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
opens oor skulls. on page 89

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
the gallon? Dod steps oot an opens the door for me. "Your carria on page 105

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wis true. Like a flooer that opens up fin the sun shines doon on
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
d covers owre the sun. Andrew opens his een and shaks his heid at
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
se, up the stairs an yin even opens the door o the cupboard A’m
Moira opens the door. She’s in the cupb
2 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
t a neep faan the veg shoppie opens. Lantren the day an soup or m(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Sae #Peterhead opens a new #Aldi shoppie an the Bl(2018) search twitter
Fin the picter hoosies opens again, foo are the noisy munc(2020) search twitter
has a cantrips toothbrush aat opens windaes! HeÂ’s contact free a(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
in yon new Art Gallery fan it opens. #doric #aberdeen #LEGO https(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
He taks the letter an slowly opens hid an reads oot... on page 38

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
lightsome as a lass, opens sweet to yur spade. on page 23

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Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
engs in da richt wye; someean opens da grind fir him an da sheep on page 139

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
want her to be alone when she opens it. I desperately need to see on page 24

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e my mother) and see where it opens. Sometimes it is just right f(2020) search twitter
t noon today!! Visitor centre opens too - head tae da Head :)(2015) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
a wheen o days, but naw, she opens thon big gob o hers and next (2020) search twitter