A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

skeely Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 10.3 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2220 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 14 1

Occurrences of skeely in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tae rise, till Dauvit, wi the skeely stroke o a herd uised tae sla on page 53
olm. His aulder brithers were skeely at spyin whaur the whaups an on page 74

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
on English versions as is the skeely Scots renderin o the Auld Tes on page vi
aa skeely wi the claymore, on page 6

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
a true maistress, crafty and skeely. Here wis somebody wha hud br on page 102
hman, She'd need tae be richt skeely and keep everythin in hidlins on page 131

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
r bides in discipline; that a skeely sophisticated technique alane on page 100

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
rn mair anent, or become mair skeely in writin in a parteeclar Sco on page 51

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
chooks, and in a glisk, wi a skeely flisk o his jaws, he killt th on page 40

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ndra (Ambroise), an eident an skeely auld makar o creels, sings o on page 50

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Sir Andrew Wood. Leal an Skeely. on page 82

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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 76 - Oan the Daith o John Law, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
nduin, his hert enoo in ither skeely hauns.
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Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
rivee ower it. Syne wi a fair skeely application o Aristotlean inv
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
fack that there are some gey skeely young anes aroon the noo when
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cars wis warks o airt made bi skeely, upstaundin wrichts that teuk
€™en athoot the uphauld o the skeely harns o a uni IT depairtment,
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
els peyin us veesits, but the skeely fowk that vizzies the nicht,
hristian, no as weel-lared or skeely. In ither words, academics an
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e wark in monie kenspeckle an skeely weys.
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ns there wisna the demand for skeely sangsters an polyphonic compo
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
arble cloored bi some mason's skeely haan, doon here a crummlin fl on page 40

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t wrocht this nott a byordnar skeely haan, Ah thocht. on page 13

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