Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sentiment	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5.1	5.9	3	0	0	20.7	4.8
Number of occurrences	17	12	2	0	0	2	1
Number of authors	13	8	2			2	1

Occurrences of sentiment in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
rhymed Archie agane, thou the sentiment soondit unrael. on page 24

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Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
let me remark to you, in the sentiment [and] style of our Scottish a on page 59

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
him, He wis hangit tae.' That sentiment gies a pretty fair picture o on page 123

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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
This is echoed in the sentiment o Liz Lochead’s bairnsang:
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
. . .’ an he wis right. The sentiment bloody remains.
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in a Scots voice the perfect sentiment o a chiel determined an nae f
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
haudit in high regaird. This sentiment is expressed gey brawly i Tom
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
as a keekin-gless image o the sentiment and phrasin o the final stanz
TTIS SAPHO SAIGE – a fittin sentiment that wid hae been recognised
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
the English leid wid vyce the sentiment in a halely different wey. Si
n their syntax, phonology and sentiment, as weel as their wird-kist.
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Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
notice o Archie's hairt-felt sentiment. "Wi war baith practical an n on page 15

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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
s workers a good wage. A rare sentiment at that time fae ony laird in
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Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the best poetrie cairries the sentiment o Burns that the hert's aye, on page 34

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The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ve reminders an' dominate the sentiment o' Remembrance Day, bit of co
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hae the best o iveriethin, a sentiment that lingered frae his days a on page 30

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