A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sought Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 2.7 1.6 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences85 1 0 1 0 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of sought in Corpus

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Central

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
nae metter hoo we sought tae chairm ye. on page 17

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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
says o’t, ‘If a model is sought for a standard modern Scots,
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
one mair victory we sought,
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
arkness tae the licht we’ve sought,
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@LairnScots tweeted
#Scots the day. The lectures sought tae eradicate 'corrupt dialec (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
o uphold. Our places are much sought after. We can afford to be ch
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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
haand wis da fabled ring John sought efter. Da unlivin corpse lift
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Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thon goat oo mine tis gretly sought. on page 45

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