Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

politely	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.4	5.1	9	0	5.8	51.7	22.1
Number of occurrences	27	10	6	0	1	5	5
Number of authors	10	5	2		1	1	1

Occurrences of politely in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
han that," Alice answert awfy politely, "ah cannae really unnerstaun on page 43
ny that dae," Alice said awfy politely, pleased wae hersel fir hivvi on page 59
te follae ye," she said, dead politely. on page 69
er Majesty," said Alice, awfy politely; bit then she addit, tae hers on page 78
or tail ae that," Alice said politely, "if it wis written doon in f on page 90

5 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah politely decline. on page 31

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
said the Mous wi a froun, but politely: "Did ye say ocht?" on page 25
y clearer," said Alison maist politely, "for I cannae unnerstaun mys on page 42

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Diomedes. You are tae ask him politely tae gie ye his famous cuddies on page 34

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
get them baith a drink. Alec politely declines but Tam, bein Tam ta
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e e Moose, frownan, but awful politely: "Did ee speak?" on page 24
clearly," Alice rephed awful politely, "for A canna understand id m on page 41
any at do," Alice sade awful politely, feelan quite pleised till he on page 57
er Majesty," sade Alice awful politely; but she added, till hersel, on page 76
at better," Alice sade awful politely, "if A hed id written doon: b on page 88

5 matches

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
it's nae a leid, fit politely invites ye tae efterneen tea.
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
�fuck off nobody cares when politely reminding someone shopping we (2020) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d th Moose, frownin, but awfy politely. "Did ee speak?" on page 25
clearly," Ahlice replied awfy politely, "fur Ah can no understand ee on page 42
y that dae," Ahlice said awfy politely, feelin quite pleased tae hae on page 58
e quite get ee," she said, as politely as she could. on page 69
hat better," Ahlice said fair politely, "if Ah hae eet scribbled doo on page 90

5 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
haes ee-broo doon, but muckle politely, "Did yae say somethin?" on page 26
e that daes," Alice said wile politely feelin brev an pleased that s on page 59
unnerstan yae," shae said es politely es shae cud. on page 70
yer Majesty," said Alice wile politely; but shae addet tae hirsel, " on page 79
that better," Alice said wile politely, "af A had it wrote doon: but on page 91

5 matches