A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

skills Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19 21.1 18.1 9.9 11.6 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences6141 12 1 2 4 1
Number of authors30 20 5 1 1 3 1

Occurrences of skills in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
l is made o developin debatin skills, an the model o debate they h on page 30

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in repartee helpit me develop skills that hae lastit a lifetime in on page 9
ank while ithers, due tae the skills o the Dundee shipwrichts, las on page 36
n monie o them had particklar skills that had aye been needit tae on page 82

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
eg, or somethin tae learn new skills or even tae jist meet new peo on page 100
TOP CLASS STUDY SKILLS: TWO HUNDRED STRATEGIES TO HE on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tae the shops, social learnin skills, on page 12
The myriad skills required bi the Herd. on page 18

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ned tae show aff ma endurance skills. Runnin is the ainlie hing ah on page 10

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
o Scots in developin literacy skills an addressin the Raising Atta on page 6
velopin transferable literacy skills. on page 7

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ks tae her knacketie inventin skills - the wird "knacketie" here on page 121

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
pairts an forbye his screivin skills he sang like a lintie. The Bi on page 46

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
nkit the snekkler an tuik the skills agane. “Whit’s intilt?”
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
et Secretar for Education and Skills
nin, airts, community biggin, skills, an the economy. For that we
their specialist knawledge an skills, their focus on specific mait
confidence in their literacy skills writin in Scots. This guidanc
4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The myriad skills requirt bi the Herd.
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
you wid foster aa yer martial skills
1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
A learnt the maist important skills
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
like unhowkit tatties, their skills deid tae the economy o Scotla
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
languages gied mair cognitive skills tae the individual body, hou
„foreign languages is basic skills' an that Europeans shuid 'cai
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
er scene. They yaise puppetry skills an aw tae gret effeck, yaisin
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Your skills, you must enhance, tae allow
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
elped tae teach Life-savin’ skills,
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
o the innate skills creatit
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
the skills
yer skills.
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
tit that they had some Gaelic skills.
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
arpen up yir basic linguistic skills David, fir it's no that hard (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
iel Jack. They have different skills but they're skills we need at (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
nhance yer wee yin's listenin skills by getting them tae play wi t (2020) twitter link
show aff their Scots language skills! #Scots https://t.co/zgZbqCip (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
disrespect but the motorcycle skills shown in this clip are right (2020) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
the chaunce tae develop these skills in their larnin.
spik it, giein them the nott skills for the warld o wark an life-
- Developin scrievin an leid skills in different contexts;
id awareness, an phonological skills.
rnin an heicher-order thinkin skills;
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ed, an it nocht aa her healin skills tae bring doon the fever ragi
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@englishtainment Guid skills ma loon(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
se am too lazy n ma wrappin’ skills’r shockin’ ?? x(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
es - bairns learnin research skills through Scots. #rebeltongue # (2020) twitter link
ow his wife describes his DIY skills (2020) twitter link

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@sarahduce Good skills to have. Aye in demand (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ts aboot Dr. Kunal’s social skills. But surely he wid ken hoo ta
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s kent for his trowie tiefin skills. An we ir da prood o hoo Uggl
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The mason's skills adorn on page 12
What skills are lost upon this road on page 24

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
tae the shops, social learnin skills, on page 219

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
it sayed at bairns cognitive skills wur gritlie improved in ae
1 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
d no footballing abilities or skills whatsoever, resembling nothin on page 32

1 matches

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