A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sooner Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 8.5 12.8 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2716 8 2 1 0 0
Number of authors20 11 7 1 1

Occurrences of sooner in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
it did make her grow, an much sooner than she'd expectit: afore sh on page 34

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Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
l ye croak it, which might be sooner than ye think, by the way. Ho on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in definitive oot ae the bag, sooner, rather than later. Especiall on page 109

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
o minutes afore, that the the sooner on page 148
ye answered, the sooner ye wur lowsed. 'W... H... I.. on page 149

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Nae doot she'll turn up again sooner or later. She mibbe didnae ev on page 130

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
tae their breakfast. And nae sooner had they sat doon than 'Teege on page 21

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ve o God, get a move oan, the sooner Ah git rid o this satchel the on page 113

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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
eel, beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold, the Bard said, an
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
She’s nae sooner sais it an ah’ve goat this
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Big meatbaw heid’s nae sooner sat doon fae gettin the buzze
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t the erm o her chair. “The sooner things are back to normal for
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
l ye croak it, which might be sooner than ye think, by the way. Ho
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@g_hibby tweeted
But it better be implemented sooner, rather than later.. Over tae (2023) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ctually IS inevitable. An the sooner the better.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e - but it could b a reality sooner than we think! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
r as weel as bein thrawn. Nae sooner hid he finished een fag and h 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
certain till disagree wi ee, sooner or later. on page 13
Id did so indeed, an much sooner than she hed expected: afore on page 32

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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
e jist hid tae buy. Well, nae sooner wis the Mecca money in her ac
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@72redz1903 tweeted
very good this season and the sooner we get him back the better. (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
tae help get them crowds back sooner. @CormackDavie needs tae be s(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
o’ normality again then nae sooner are we telt tae leave the pub(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
me, jist dinna get him. Would sooner watch Come Dine With Me.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"No sooner said than deun, lass!" and Sa on page 36
No sooner hid sheu thowt hid than he wa on page 50

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
gittin hom 0.0001638 seconds sooner helps u sleep at night (2019) twitter link