A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

servin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.8 14.9 13.6 0 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4129 9 0 0 0 3
Number of authors32 23 8 1

Occurrences of servin in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Servin food tae poncey rich folk? Ru on page 103

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
el's companie - an the ither servin-lasses in the Big House - bu on page 66
s in the companie o the ither servin wenches, an the grooms an gai on page 67
hat luiks gey guid fare for a servin lass!' Jennet near tummlt tap on page 68

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
lookin stressed oot thur box. Servin punters at Christmas shid get on page 1

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
y wummin in there except them servin' the ale. If ma mither wis ta on page 20

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
The guairds and servin quinies sleepit on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uv owned a factory insteed ae servin as a drone in yin by pressin on page 22
r tae the barman, who is busy servin customers. on page 104

2 matches

Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
tin the Aiberdeen Brainch, an servin on its Comatee, maistly as Pr on page 4

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o Durham jile whaur he'd been servin time for nickin cars. on page 46

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d weird, an the folk that wur servin kept comin up an sayin, Can a on page 53
said tae the wummin that wis servin me. Sorry hen, she said, Wur on page 87

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wi the years an worn duin wi servin his kintra. on page 103

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t hud a man who wis hauf goat servin at the sweetie coonter in the on page 29

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the tea-room, wee Jeannie wis servin the last o the cream cakes ta on page 41

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
fetchin blankets, servin wine on page 50

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
servin the tassies on page 38

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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Here, Eddie, whit hae ye been servin thaim?”
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
his place in 1929 strecht fae servin his time tae an auld gairdene
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
multilingual environment: our servin-chiel Dennis Oziri tellt us b
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
empts at clandestine loiterin servin only tae emphasise their thir
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ld servant had went oot efter servin the tea tae gie him privacy.
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n oot o Westminster haed been servin tae silence the puir an mak t
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Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
had aye been faur swither in servin Till his reackonin than his b
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
uckle-great delft platter for servin,
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@DABArbuckle tweeted
ll, the Big Soup Pot, the Big servin Spoon. Ah've heard we're the (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
candrew86 some crackin talent servin oan alandas chippy van brothe (2021) twitter link
elburgh utd n pencaitland for servin up a wee cracker at fisherrow (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
pin the fleer, washin dishes, servin teas, onythin. An she wis aye on page 38

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
waitress cam ower wi a silver servin dishie wi a wee pucklie brocc on page 36

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
'C'mere,' he comes; an tae ma servin loon 'Dee iss,' he dis it." J on page 16

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Servin a customer an smilin awa. on page 136

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Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
Fan the ferm-wife wis servin the fermer's tea that nicht s
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
things. Mr Technicolor wis servin a wifie. "Michty me your floo
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lion that gaed roon the ferms servin the meers, he hid niver bin s
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
al tin trays o mackie-on mait servin oor betters. I stell get crin
the fish box stage an started servin them oot o ma tray wi custard
2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
the baag Scotch universities servin' Norlin Airlan students. on page 8
the baag universities servin Ulster students in Scotlan'. on page 41
r monie wee haas an' churches servin' Ulster-Scots commonities quh on page 47

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