A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

seldom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 7.7 3 0 29.1 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences2515 2 0 5 2 1
Number of authors21 13 2 3 2 1

Occurrences of seldom in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
d advice maist times (tho she seldom heedit it), an whiles she wad on page 14

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
The lips lies seldom rest atween, on page 89

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
seldom wasted breath, on page 93

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he fowk that wark the land an seldom if ivver, get tae see onie o on page 84

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s. Thrifty he is as weel, and seldom taks a dram in sunlicht - su on page 72

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
fu subjeck maitter, the story seldom stounds. There is, houever, a on page 127

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
For in ma jaunts A seldom fail
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
hou skeigh ye wur, it wis gey seldom fast eneueh. In 33, Loudoun A
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, like an envelope revealin a seldom seen profile.
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n aboot. It’s a well known, seldom spoken ay phenomena where eac
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
and the parents but that wis seldom the case. Insteid o getting t
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
-the-wey place that ootsiders seldom gaed til. Than whan China puâ
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
t ur wi’ the right She very seldom ever misses Bit backs it up w
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ace the kind ay which ah’ve seldom known fae he wis a wee nipper
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e pm a jist got sent - radio seldom - stoap it ffs lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
good advice (though she very seldom followed id), an sometimes sh on page 14

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
k. Fowk caad him Spikk fur he seldom opened his mou, bit wid answe
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nds apø da context, bit de'r seldom ony doot aboot wha's bein spo on page 50
t wis optional an aa, bit you seldom ivver saa it. Da Shaetlan on page 94

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da cradle is seldom empty. on page 57

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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
ends apø da context, but der seldom ony doot aboot wha's bein spo

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ie mootie baby froghoppers. I seldom get a garden job finished bec(2020) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i guid Border Lallans an wuid seldom, gif ivver, speak ochts
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@StuartPoet tweeted
When it comes to food, that's seldom true mind you! (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
I seldom go tae dances noo..... I’m
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