A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sadly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.8 18 22.6 9.9 34.9 62 31
Number of occurrences7035 15 1 6 6 7
Number of authors38 19 9 1 4 3 2

Occurrences of sadly 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
"Jist a thimble," said Alice sadly. on page 28
high as kites, sat doon again sadly an quietly, an looked at Alic on page 98
The Knave shook his heid sadly. "Dae ah look hke it?" he sai on page 119

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
her. Ah've goat thum rattled. Sadly only metaphorically, _ on page 11

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
auld o a Muirkirk winter, she sadly had a quick caa tae the warm on page 27

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
braw book Witch's Blood, nou sadly oot o print, like an affy lot on page 17
gers-on that sae monie o them sadly are. This is the Scottish bou on page 64
wuid be a hell o lot better. Sadly, aw oor political pairties ca on page 89

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
sadly missed, em seek o gitin telt on page 16

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Sadly tho puir Cossack Jock didnae on page 92
ecretly fer America, whaur he sadly died a few years eftir. on page 124

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
urthie true-heartit worthy an sadly lamentit frien. This miserabl on page 110

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'Ay,' said Kat sadly, 'I suppose it is time we wer on page 25

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Sweir wis his horse an sadly laith war we on page 24

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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d an better kent than oor ain sadly neglectit hamelt victuals.
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
e impact in a few places, but sadly it’s lang forgotten, tho ma
e Shottle (a real jewel box). Sadly it wis oot o print for owre m
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Na,” sayed the auld wumman sadly. “Aal smashed. Ah did manag
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ormed pairt o the govrenment. Sadly, Callaghan’s experience rep
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n eikit tae Syriza’s total. Sadly, the sectarian tribalism o th
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
loast, lonely, or frightened. Sadly, there’s nae three better w
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@jax6754 tweeted
@TheMattEvers Guid luck! Sadly a havnae crossed over tae the(2015) search twitter
@ChrisClynes Sadly Im bo fitness expert! Whit a (2015) search twitter
@JohnBishop100 Enjoy! Cos sadly Summer has no made it tae Sco(2015) search twitter
@nickstoppani Enjoy! Sadly #HeatWave has no made it tae (2015) search twitter
@mrjakehumphrey Sadly a wont be joining you as assi(2015) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@weenell3 tweeted
@GREIGEXVS1300A Sadly not a way tae win the undecid (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
@mgoldenmsp Sadly, this is true lads and ah can(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sonBDFM good for u brother - sadly a got banned fae bdfm - al n (2021) twitter link
keeper for the guys in red - sadly a wisnae there lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ck O'Brian's Jack Aubrey. Bit sadly, few Scots fowk ken o' Thomas on page 25

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e wis written, ma faither his sadly passed awa. Ah thocht the war on page 11

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Only a thimble," sade Alice sadly. on page 26
ss time, sat doon again awful sadly an quietly, an looked at Alic on page 96
E Knave shook his heid sadly. "Do A look lek id?" he sade. on page 117

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
emain in some parts’. This, sadly, is true, wi monie guid words
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Slowly and sadly we laid him down
Slowly an sadly we laid him doon
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Sadly, for a lairge nummer o Scots
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Sadly that wiz the last real peace
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Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
Bit sadly the supermarkets mint a lot s

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Bit sadly the supermarkets mint a lot s
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
Sadly though, a variety o wildflooe
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@glenlivetloon tweeted
ld do instead with that time. Sadly fae my hame area... fit an af(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He patted me hand and said, sadly, "So'm I, min. So am I." on page 41

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Juist a timmle," said Alice, sadly. on page 28

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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Sadly, twartree years ago da old si

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
n an bridder, Michael Ferrie. Sadly Michael died at da age o 21.
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@tattooedselkie tweeted
but still no completely gone sadly.(2021) search twitter
ently read a whole book in it sadly ?? workin on yun though(2021) search twitter
weel. I keen it's tough, but sadly also necessary.(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Only a thimble," said Ahlice sadly. on page 27
tle sang this, awfy slowly an sadly: on page 99
Th Knave shook eis heid sadly. "Dae Ah look lik eet?" hei s on page 120

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@officialAliRed tweeted
r threi mair pairts tae come, sadly.(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
cannae be arsed to visit em, sadly. https://t.co/Y64XQvvzmQ(2020) search twitter
ot oan, a feel the Identical! Sadly ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tryin ivery dorr, shae waakt sadly doon the middle wunnerin hoo on page 10
the wye it is," said the Dodo sadly, stannin up, "A think that th on page 26
n hir yinst mair, an the Dodo sadly reacht ower the thimel, sayin on page 28
this time, sut doon agane gye sadly an quate, an lukt at Alice. on page 99
The Knave shuk haes heid sadly. "Dae A luk lik it?" hae said on page 122

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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
araniuk Belter of a poem! But sadly no I dinnae hae it typed oot (2020) search twitter

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