Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

steyin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	12.5	10.8	0	0	0	10.3	79.7
Number of occurrences	40	21	0	0	0	1	18
Number of authors	16	13				1	2

Occurrences of steyin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
aboot it: if ah'm Mabel, ah'm steyin doon here! It'll be nae skin on page 20
ved oan, three ae the sodjers steyin ahint tae execute the unlucky on page 80

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
When we wir steyin in a gîte in Burgundy Ah tri on page 68

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
against the ither. A bit like steyin here. Folk divide theirsells on page 1

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
if thay might end up steyin near tham on page 52

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ne'er steyin awa, greetin mulsies o gledne on page 67

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
That sleekit lass is steyin pit. on page 33

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e him. Ah mean how many cunts steyin in Leith are cawed Three Fing on page 106
ere's any takers. But if he's steyin the night ah better heid up t on page 151
The little man's steyin wae Mrs Henderson fae acroass on page 166

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
d it wisnae awfie comfortable steyin on page 4

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
Are steyin. on page 2
Steyin. on page 5
ony sake, Tottie! He had been steyin wi Christopher Robin for a me on page 44

3 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
bidin oot on the streets than steyin here in this awfie place." on page 58
Coont Olaf said, "and they're steyin wi me. There's nae law agains on page 154

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
granbairns wis aa toun-bred, steyin thare aye. Ti the bairns, gro on page 21

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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
per cent increase in visitors steyin at hotels an B and Bs; 20 per
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is William Hershaw, a teacher steyin in Fife, wi his pamphlet. Win
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@jack_capener tweeted
ePoet Whit bonnie! Hope ye're steyin weel Gary(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
You an the weans steyin in oan Hallaeen? Post yer #Sc (2020) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@billykayscot Bank mainager steyin in Dervel? Must hae been his (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
urage a far langer windae fer steyin in the province, an' forderin on page 66

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
e (page 32) fur aa ither fowk steyin throch tha nicht in this hoos
bodie ‘at ‘ll be bidin or steyin here oan 21st Mairch 20an21.
rin H2, whut ither bodies bes steyin throch tha nicht oan
rin H4, hoo monie landers bes steyin throch tha nicht oan 21 Mairc
dnar (thair bes onlie landers steyin here) answer speirins H7 til
17 matches