Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

scrieve	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	53.1	51.9	25.6	0	5.8	62	199.2
Number of occurrences	170	101	17	0	1	6	45
Number of authors	63	44	8		1	2	8

Occurrences of scrieve in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ree day efter in the form o a scrieve, for the doctor wis a chiel t on page 21

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
flooer like a butterflee, or scrieve a tragedy, or chynge intae a on page 38
'Ir means I scrieve the nummer o my starns on a b on page 49
cean tae tyne its watters. We scrieve anent eternal things.' on page 56

3 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
estit homework wis for us tae scrieve a poem on the topic o unlikel on page 3

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
withoot needin tae scrieve addresses tae ony haggis, on page 8

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in past tae fin the means tae scrieve for the stage in the daily to on page 35
is quotation when A began tae scrieve pleys masel in the late 1960s on page 36
Anthony Neilson dinnae. Some scrieve mixter-maxter in Scots, Engli on page 44

3 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
rnt themsels how tae read and scrieve frae an auld spellin book tha on page 6

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
We want lassies wha scrieve on page 22

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae scrieve grand wirds that maitter, boo on page 77

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
lichtit the buik, an he culd scrieve faur intae the nicht. Thon wi on page 14

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
We'll scrieve yer name in books they cannae on page 21
assie cannae hink or speak or scrieve annaw, on page 26
A sat doon tae scrieve ye a poyum, an A didnae ken w on page 77
A could scrieve till aw words loose their mea on page 78
So scrieve till aw the ink gangs dry and on page 95

5 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Ti scrieve an invitatioun Ti Doctour Mic on page 8

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r ain back when it's time tae scrieve their end o term reports. If on page 2
tae be clart. That's aw they scrieve aboot.' on page 34
'Scrieve these figures,' the faither s on page 44
ie limerick is unco haurd tae scrieve,' she added. 'It looks easy b on page 72
ezed itsel up and sterted tae scrieve. It wis as if she'd haurdly d on page 219

7 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
rwin Messmer an Werner Bucher scrieve i standart German - though ' on page 5

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
t them. It's the best wey tae scrieve poetry, lettin things come.' on page 29

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
that but for her cuid no wey scrieve on page 9

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
n micht seem an orra hing tae scrieve in an editorial launchin a ne on page 3
in the sense o a leid fur tae scrieve doon formal documents or in w on page 4

4 matches

Bramwell, Colin Eemis Stane 1 - The lives that live inwith us canna be coontit, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
I anely iver scrieve the wans I ken. on page 15

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
care these pincil guidelines, scrieve again the names. on page 9

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
'A the perfidious rebels', ye scrieve, on page 47
a fuckin word ye scrieve, on page 53
O poetry luvin hoplites could scrieve on page 66

3 matches

Peffers, Bob Upheeze, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
Gist post iz an e-scrieve an, gif ye hae a pint tae mak
1 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
, the lass still had time tae scrieve ‘Caa the Yowes tae the Know
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
that they could speak, read, scrieve or unnerstaun Scots. Ah agree
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
thaim is the maist important scrieve o thaim aw, an a gey importan
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“Scrieve a letter, Miss M? I’ll get
, Miss Marjoribanks ettled to scrieve large
2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
on ma bookshelfahint me as I scrieve
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
It's hard eneuch for fowk tae scrieve in Scots. It'd be that much h
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
s as gleg as ma wee haun will scrieve thaim. Aboot a year syne, ah
emsels - tae spik an read an scrieve in English. Whit's that teach
ah maist luve when ah spik an scrieve in Scots. Aw at yince, the wo
3 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s spírit that I’d like tae scrieve a bit anent the UK government
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
articiple intae your nixt bit scrieve? For mysel, I think I micht u
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
Bella. And juist write. Juist scrieve. Say whit’s in yer heid and
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
e says. So I do. Dae? I will. Scrieve in Scots, the mannie says. Bu
1 matches

Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
So scrieve till aw the ink gangs dry and
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
whether it wus difficult tae scrieve. It wus intense, gien Ah hud
Ah hud less than a month tae scrieve it, so Ah hud tae jist git to
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ver ye wricht (that should be scrieve) these days ye’ll be in fer
ae speak and wricht (that’s scrieve o’ course) an whiles yer at
� us hoo tae wricht. That’s scrieve, ya fucking ignorant bampot t
chiels, or cuifs, hoo tae ‘scrieve’ Scots.
‘Ye cannae scrieve michty me, it’s referential
5 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
body she’d ever met wha cud scrieve thaim wis auld Guangwu Bang,
t at him yince whether he cud scrieve in the tradeetional script, h
aim Beatrice had ever met cud scrieve three wirds in characters. Ap
3 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
Or tryin’ tae scrieve a poem?
1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
n a bit o paper. In the first scrieve doon the names o some fowk in
Ye could scrieve yer letter frae thon moment a
Mebbe ye’d like tae scrieve a letter tae yer future sel t
Or ye can keep it simple and scrieve frae the present.
est scrievers aboot scran tae scrieve a letter tae the cooks that h
5 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
wi them? When ye’re ready, scrieve a list o 10 objects and pit d
t arenae aroond ye richt noo. Scrieve 5 mair objects and their uses
hen I cannae think o whit tae scrieve.
e’ve settled on yer moment, scrieve a list o aw the sensations ye
tae celebrate in yer ain wey. Scrieve how ye pit aw these things th
8 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
k intae their vocabulary, but scrieve and pronoonce in weys that my
1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Girn and scrieve o love nae mair
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
nd learnt tae speak, read and scrieve English. (It’s interestin h
xile, ettlin tae retrieve and scrieve the Scots I kent as a bairn,
� honest!’, why did they no scrieve ‘naitural’?)
n we speak tae ilkanither and scrieve for ilkanither in a decent Sc
4 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
while Whit rede oot the hale scrieve
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
He bad the notar scrieve it oot,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
that they could speik, read, scrieve or unnerstaun Scots - no fau
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
s the authentic option no tae scrieve the haill thing in Scots. (2021) twitter link

@jack_capener tweeted
Dinnae be shy - blether an scrieve awa in yer mither tongue! An (2019) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
gin ye're ettlin tae spik or scrieve in yer mither tongue. Een typ(2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ke that, but by Christ dinnae scrieve in Scots !!! (2022) twitter link
d peyin to learn tae speak an scrieve write that. Didnae hae the he (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
n type far easier than Ah cin scrieve. The #DWP is #ableist.(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Think Ill get ma weans tae scrieve a story about Halloween tradi(2017) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
lairners and inspire them tae scrieve their ain version: https://t. (2017) twitter link
Scrieve Scots leid texts an tweets wi (2017) twitter link
! Lairners can yaise them tae scrieve a story or poem - or mak a w (2017) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
m under nae obligation tae a) scrieve tae ivry bad faith spiering; (2021) twitter link
ised remark at how whenever I scrieve in Scots, somebody has tae be (2021) twitter link
i thon fowk mair ye could aye scrieve in the Gaelic! (2021) twitter link

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A want tae scrieve puddock stuil metres fir Ye d on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
O wyes tae scrieve gweed Scots, oor mither tongu on page 7

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
As I scrieve 'is notie on page 63
It took me years tae scrieve, wid ye tak a lookie? on page 112

4 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
n this is nae the wey you’d scrieve it, or girn far there’s a �
k either spoke, read or micht scrieve in Scots. A followed the EU m
in Scotland could ay spik or scrieve in ane o the Scottish dialect
3 matches

Diansangu, Mae Doric, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
in the rare wyes we spik and scrieve.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
as loons and quines - awa an scrieve yer present list an gie it ta(2018) search twitter
even ah dinna un'erstn fit ah scrieve on the #DoricPhrases #Twitter(2018) search twitter

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
. Easy tae spik, nae easy tae scrieve! (2021) twitter link
nae follae ye wid ken foo tae scrieve it forbye! (2021) twitter link
ic forbye an its gey hard tae scrieve. Ye dinna afen see it written (2022) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ster @molach95 Aye, A hid tae scrieve reports in castellano, but bl (2021) twitter link
Some bairns scrieve mair in Scots nor they div in (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
wis nettrill grund fur me ta scrieve apö - a Tom Leonard poyim,
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
we scrieve lists o the scunnersomely dei on page 142

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
hae yaise, speak, unnerstaun, scrieve, sing, teach, lair an lug int (2020) twitter link
fir sae mony young fowk whae scrieve, speak @scotslanguage here, g(2020) search twitter
ourage an heeze yon folk whae scrieve in Scots thirsels, no jist ow(2020) search twitter
k it garred me a wee sint tae scrieve this ane. He wis sic a rare p (2020) twitter link
@stranraerobs Scrieve in yer hame leid. Nae waste i(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tices amang maist o them that scrieve in Ulster Scots an shud bae a on page vi
ot fur it, hae wus obliged ta scrieve wi yin finger fur the rest o on page 109
"Scrieve thon doon," the King said tae on page 111
t tae work gye diligently tae scrieve oot a histry o the accident, on page 117
y, They wur jest stairtin tae scrieve this doon on thir slates, whi on page 118
Also on pages 119
6 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A'll scrieve tha Scotch that ghaistly year on page 27
o a tradeetion for poets tae scrieve a wheen o lines at tha dailyg on page 37

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
art Habbie. By Sowl, A cudnae scrieve a line Fur A'm nae Rabbie! on page 31

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
tha Royal Coort an uised tae scrieve tha kïng's rowls o tha kintr on page 6
cud taak, raed or scrieve Ulstèr-Scotch, but (4, 4 an on page 8

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Cud ye scrieve a poem in thon time? on page 15
Fur thons how A scrieve aa the time. on page 44

2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ady shud bae gled tae taak an scrieve in thur ain moather tongue an
ts waur if ye daur tae try an scrieve a wheen o wurds o yer ain ton
2 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Ye maun scrieve doon yer repones oan tha pape
Ye maun scrieve doon yer repones oan tha pape
Ye maun scrieve doon yer repones on tha paper
uised in speirin H3 (page 3), scrieve tha name o aabodie ‘at bide
ither, scrieve doon
29 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
ce - it's quare an haird tae scrieve a resignation letter in aul U (2014) twitter link