A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

seriously Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words23.3 21.3 32 9.9 23.2 54.7 8.8
Number of occurrences7240 20 1 4 5 2
Number of authors49 27 14 1 4 2 1

Occurrences of seriously in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Dinah, an sayin tae her, awfy seriously, "Right, Dinah, tell iz the t on page 10
drew hersel up an said, awfy seriously, "Ah hink you should tell me on page 45

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ally capable o thon for real? Seriously? Thon? Nut. No serious at aw! on page 134

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
whit maist folk hae taen owre seriously for their ain guid. on page 78

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
seems tae be takin ma remark seriously goin wae the wey their aw lau on page 58
"Honest, like, seriously, eh? Nuttin happened?" on page 82

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
a lot wuid like the job, bit seriously, are onie o them the sort o p on page 11
they micht be onside tae tak seriously the need tae stairt decommiss on page 129

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
But whit if thir is somethin seriously wrong wi her. Thir's somethin on page 146
his stuff aboot how ah should seriously consider applyin fur the Roya on page 169

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
munication, an gin we are tae seriously stap decline an upheeze lasti
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e research did not discover a seriously Wild Law approach to legislat
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
they tak linguistic equality seriously.
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a go at me, ah cannae take ye seriously. Sometimes a man wants put in
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
walts. “Never,” he sayed seriously,
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
If a wiz seriously efter you A’d be roon yoor
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Danny. Ah take aw that shite seriously, so ah dae. Family matters an
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s shairly no richt – is she seriously suggestin that fowk wha speak
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Facebook link ( 2017) Central
tes. They taen thur role awfy seriously and followed instructions tae

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ah’ll start takin the cunt seriously when he kin actually git the
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ing was done in the chip pan. Seriously, I thought everyone done roas(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
inburgh in March??........but seriously hope yir goin tae be up here (2016) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
fans that happen across this, seriously recommend ??. Great interview(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@byrnesong No seriously? He's trolling us? Nae guid a(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
s luck, he's unlikely tae get seriously ill an it wull jist reinforce(2020) search twitter
tae tak #COVID19 precautions seriously? Mair deiths? Gettin seriousl(2020) search twitter
@jackiepatie Seriously?! Whaur've ye been the last d(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e mair tae say than that ??). Seriously, nae pressure - put it low d (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
Motherofcats I hope no one is seriously injured. They're saying it wa (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
@alexand37965013 @STVNews Seriously,what an embarrassment Boris i (2021) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
in kilos! Also luks like he's seriously ill! A hope he's no cos he lu (2022) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
the industry in Scotland and seriously nice fowk. If ye want, ye can (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@stevie27boyo m8 we seriously need to get back to normality (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
my predictions a bittie mair seriously fae noo on." on page 42

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
a peeg, ma dear," sade Alice, seriously, "A'll hev nothin more till d on page 60

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
The birds just didnae tak it seriously. "If ye kin dae a better joab on page 118

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
thocht Abbie, peer loon, was seriously thinkin aboot it. Bit that wi
1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
specifically Scottish culture seriously in the end?’, Mitchison rep
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the computer, bit afore he'd seriously sterted tae trawl the net fur
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he thocht, “patience is a seriously cauld vertue”.
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Banff Academy Aiberdeenshire Bairns an Young Fowk’s Chairter , (GIRFEC 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
e sair made, tak oor concerns seriously. Mak sure it's the richt fowk
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Grunny, if there’s a god, I seriously doot they’ve put the world
Grunny is SERIOUSLY superstitious.
2 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ome of us are not taking this seriously?" I kent in that instant that
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
foo can we expect tae be tane seriously in a place o wark, or tae ear
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Seriously Stewart Stevenson MSP @zsstev(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
bie0383 @AberdeenFC Okaaay…. Seriously min, ye need tae chill oot. F (2022) twitter link
@Jackson_Carlaw Seriously, you need tae look at yirsel (2020) twitter link
@MarkBarry67 @bellacaledonia Seriously, that just sounds like whinin (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 seriously fit's a quine tae de???(2011) search twitter
@LouiseNicol1 seriously! woohoo! oh my we need tae ge(2011) search twitter
Them scales must be seriously fecked or i really have turne(2011) search twitter
am now seriously bored. Think i shall go tae b(2011) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
David Seaforth Highlanders is seriously ill at 8 General Hospital Rou on page 38

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I wis seriously worried aboot her noo. on page 52

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Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
en, but they mustn't be taken seriously. They haven't got the capacit on page 35

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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
No but seriously dis has been da quickest Janu (2020) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
t end, kin we keep takkin dis seriously? I keen bein in lockdoon is h(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Dinah, an sayin tae hur, gie seriously, "Noo Dinah, tell iz th truth on page 10
"In that case," said th Dodo seriously, risin tae eets feet, "Ah mov on page 25
drew hersel up an said, deid seriously, "Ah hink ee ought tae tell i on page 44
tae a pig, hen," said Ahlice, seriously, "Ah'll hae nithin mair tae d on page 60

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s what we need to look into, seriously! Fae ma experiences, a huv so(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
a pig, mae dear," said Alice seriously, "A'll hae naethin mair tae d on page 61
rch Hare said tae Alice, very seriously. on page 73

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