A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

steve Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 19 6 19.9 0 31 0
Number of occurrences4637 4 2 0 3 0
Number of authors18 12 4 1 1

Occurrences of steve in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ight, a tate camp; the ither, Steve McCracken, straight, bit gey on page 33

2 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
but obviously no if Steve haes happint on page 10

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ion wis: 'What caird game did Steve McQueen play in the film 'The on page 74

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
owerset by Steve Porter
1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
ont Hen and Joe yet. That wiz Steve and Tony (pure dead brilliant
no kiddin); an’ George and Steve played a blinder as The Twins
2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
‘Big Steve lost an’ instead o’ peyin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘No Steve, that’s a rum based cocktai
n image ah’m conveying here Steve. . .’ he sais, openin it an
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
He gets intae the motor. ‘Steve, sorry about that. Got caught
Steve. . .’ he sais, in that inna
‘No idea what you mean Steve. This is a good a place as an
‘Good stuff. I like you Steve. Some of the others have been
4 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Listen Steve, I’ve been meanin to talk t
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Cruickshank A'd go wi aw them Steve....plus Pars to win European (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
ine cin anely dae sae muckle. Steve needs tae be the vyce o reaso(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
@BoringOleFart Aye wee Steve win aw a runner up prizes!(2020) search twitter
@Chrissiem18 Am so lucky! Steve dinnae see him so at wis good(2020) search twitter
rman Awwww! RIP wee spud! Wee Steve widnae enter.. it isnae fair (2020) search twitter
@Reuters Awwww a wid take wee Steve tae at!!(2020) search twitter
@SNPsoosie @TripeUK He he! Steve isnae goin furrit!(2020) search twitter
and 11 other occurrences.

@changed_days tweeted
n naebdy else. No the SFA, no Steve Clarke, no other cunt, differ (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
d learn - thanx for the info steve - and yes jc was a great man (2021) twitter link
that mr klopp - get in there steve bruce n the lads (2020) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
Silver Sea, Robin Hull, Steve Savage, London and Edinburgh, on page 124

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
Steve Murdoch is Professor o Histor
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@SteveKydd @KayeNicolson Steve kens fits fit.(2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ddie saying they should bring Steve Patterson back wee yon ginger(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Until Steve, wir 'Stop' and 'Go' man, is on page 64

2 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Ah meet a wheen o times masel Steve. Wir scrievin, airts an kintr(2020) search twitter
@culturecounts Totally agree Steve. Or gan tae wir wabsteids an (2020) search twitter
@byrnesong Whit Wikistooshie Steve?(2020) search twitter