Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

quietly	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	19	19.5	15.1	39.7	34.9	31	0
Number of occurrences	61	38	10	4	6	3	0
Number of authors	31	19	6	2	3	1

Occurrences of quietly in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he toap, wae its erms foldit, quietly smoking away at a long hookah on page 42
disnae, dis it," said Alice, quietly: "some ae the wirds hiv goat on page 50
Alice went quietly up tae the door, an chapped i on page 56
relieved tae see it trot away quietly intae the wids. "If it'd grow on page 62
t intae a pig," Alice answert quietly, jist as if the Cat'd came ba on page 64
Also on pages 68, 80, 98
9 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Happnin, Taz, Wee Kenzie says quietly. on page 29
dex finger tae ma lips n move quietly tae the door. Soon as yi try on page 33
doesnae come n McGiver talks quietly. on page 54

4 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
pit throu his paces, Tam wis quietly revisin his algebra hamewark. on page 39

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in front ae thum was groanin quietly, rhythmically. In on page 1

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
oot wan o' thae Tibetan monks quietly sittin' cross legged, a' quie on page

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Okay" he says, quietly. on page 183
"Aldo" ah said quietly. "How did yae git ma address? on page 197

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d reason, but pretty soon wis quietly taen oot an replantit back at on page 123

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
s faither and mither, had cam quietly ben the room, and noo were ba on page 13
nd widnae hae tae rin. He sat quietly in the clessroom durin playti on page 49
'I think,' he said quietly, 'I think... I'll jist hae wa on page 52
a Jock could be seen staundin quietly amang them, and aside him, ha on page 63

4 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Quietly ye step doon the daurk wey on page 141

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ly, and wance it's ower, ah'm quietly hopeful that, alangside ma sp on page 44

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
r how bad things were. Wirkin quietly and quickly, she stairtit tae on page 116

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Quietly lost nae tellin whan, on page 21

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
quietly, quietly, thouch. on page 35

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
rough this castle, slowly and quietly. I peered through the doors a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ntae the room closin the door quietly behind him.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ng it intae ma pipe. Tam sits quietly staring oot the windae tae th
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e true, can they?” Gus said quietly as he sipped his Guinness.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s. The girls were staunin’, quietly smug, feelin’ they were saf
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
jist worry, she reasoned. As quietly as she could, she slipped bac
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
—Mark? He sais quietly. Si hardly ever calls us by o
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usselburghAth jist daein away quietly n enjoyin ma mix of an eos ga (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nicht o frost an snaw Nellie quietly passed awa on page 15

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Quietly turnin I'backdoor key on page 132

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n e top, wi ids arms fowlded, quietly smockan a long hookah, an tak on page 40
lieved till see id trot awely quietly intill e wood. "If id hed gro on page 60
two, lookan for them, an then quietly marched off efter e ithers. on page 78
sat doon again awful sadly an quietly, an looked at Alice. on page 96

4 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
stoot body, ye mindlessly and quietly sing alang tae the sang that�
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ried tae clook her. She spoke quietly till it tae see if that wid w
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ot the way Scottish Rugby has quietly gone aboot its negotiations (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ts doon in the stuil an reads quietly through the letter again. He on page 37
er head in her hands, greetan quietly. on page 38
Hummin tae hirsell, quietly on page 151

3 matches

Cowan, Fiona A Boreas domus mare amicus?, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney - Finstown, poetry
Lappan quietly under the banks
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
r a meenit or twa, an dan dey quietly mairched awa efter da rest. on page 82
, Alice heard da Keeng sayin, quietly, ta aa da fok dere, "You're a on page 93

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"No, dey dunna," he answered quietly, "Fur dae dunna exist". on page 44
Floss as Jenny closed da door quietly an left wis, an Betty grett a on page 48
swer, an eventually he got up quietly an left. on page 58

3 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
him at wis der commander says quietly,
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th top, wi eets airms folded, quietly smokin a lang hookah, an taki on page 41
relieved tae say eet trot awa quietly intae th wood. "If eet hed gr on page 61
wae, lookin fur thum, an then quietly mairched off efter th ithers. on page 80

3 matches