A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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prepare Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.7 9 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2417 6 0 1 0 0
Number of authors18 12 5 1

Occurrences of prepare in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'A warned yeez weeks ago tae prepare for a spot test at ony time i on page 41

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, but only a final chance tae prepare for daith ... pray gif ye mus on page 46
Naethin cuid prepare thaim for the sichts they saw on page 53

3 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
then prepare slinoush of brutish dispositi on page 36

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Prepare the royal marriage-bed: Princ on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ts instinctively clench as ah prepare fur a showdoon no seen since on page 125
s. Then he'll shadow me as ah prepare oor breakfast. We've even hud on page 156

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
as couthily as they could tae prepare Chairlie for the disappointme on page 33

1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
ic equality, really needs tae prepare legislation for a Scots Langu
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae visit the new school and prepare fur the school show, and sinc
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e douts it wis their duty tae prepare for it. The pigs teuk on the
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d boays and diced thum up. Ah prepare ma salad. Which consists ae l
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
I'm away tae prepare the fish for oor tea... :) La (2023) twitter link
chen noo.. ( Mrs H).. Tea tae prepare.. Catch ye later peeps... :) (2022) twitter link

@RickHJohnston tweeted
s tae redd oot the Tories and prepare for the Indyref. Whit's no ta (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
chin an lairnin resources tae prepare: https://t.co/W1ewcjHH9t http (2017) twitter link

Doric

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
are used tae it, accept it an prepare for it, but every noo an then on page 118

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wad hae telt ye. I gyang tae prepare a place fur ye. An if I gyang
ace fur ye. An if I gyang tae prepare a place fur ye, I will cam ag
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
fuid an drinks ar an foo tae prepare them is the best wey tae mak
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ein general cleaning and help prepare the vegetables for that night
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
s32 3 at the back? Nae chance Prepare for disappointment min.(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
y best idea, I just wanted to prepare the ground before I arrived." on page 24

1 matches

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