A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

respectable Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 3.1 3 9.9 29.1 0 0
Number of occurrences146 2 1 5 0 0
Number of authors12 6 2 1 3

Occurrences of respectable in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Aye, but I grow at a respectable rate," said the Dormous: "No on page 44

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, aw set in the livin rooms o respectable flats, aw emotionally owrewro on page 40

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
trouble. Ye see ye hid tae be respectable fur the kirk, nae maitter whi on page 27

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
kid oan thay're respectable like - unless she's a Catia, on page 114

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
n brakkin doun atween ordinar respectable Scots, on the tae han, an col on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
at haes made Scots jist aboot respectable. Whan I try tae explain tae f
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Doric

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
the sun shone...Well, he's a respectable loon. Adam Kindness's wife, l on page 94

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
nough o me left till make wan respectable person!" on page 14

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ts of things and mak you look respectable, says Clara. Aggie winks. The on page 30

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
y he wis at da Kirk - a very respectable body. Da idder body wis a man on page 129

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tin drunk laek a man wis mair respectable as suicide, mair respectable on page 18

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
flexibility and its less-than-respectable status: writers turn to it be
ta exploit hits ‘less-than-respectable’ status. Dis attitude ta la
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