A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of stopped in Corpus

Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
bylt eggs and toast she niver stopped aw day. It seemed tae her tha on page 10

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
you got aa the attention. She stopped appearin efter a while yince on page 77

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Peter an Tam both stopped the struggle when a cool bree on page 49

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ng trudge home. The sleet hus stopped, but the ground is soakin n s on page 41

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
And when, suddenly, the god stopped her and said thae words wi pa on page 55

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e aw made bokin noises. Howie stopped swallyin. on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hint. Peched an forfochen, he stopped for braith, leanin on the haf on page 37
mpared wi Auldhouseburn.'" He stopped short. Had he said ower muckl on page 69

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e weird hings. Ma Auntie Jean stopped wearin on page 1

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
t. Ah dinnae think he wad hae stopped runnin' till he got tae the b on page 18

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
They aw stopped eatin and sat there verra ten on page 39
avin their weapons. Then they stopped. They gawped aroond the room. on page 40
safety-valve, the thing that stopped her fae gaun clean gyte, wis on page 43
ked up. She seen her man. She stopped deid. Then she let oot a roar on page 54
boot tae cut the cake when he stopped. He gawped at the cake. on page 119
Also on pages 176, 183, 217
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wam half a breadth an then ah stopped at the edge ae the pool tae w on page 13
fae ma bedroom windae, as she stopped at the lamp post at the end a on page 31
got away wi it, but then she stopped me jist as ah wis gaun oot th on page 57
d open it. It wisnae until ah stopped bangin that ah noticed Chris on page 63
n up tae the school, Charlene stopped at the lamp post before the g on page 110
Also on pages 141, 163, 169
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
u Suki's neb. Whan the sookin stopped, there wis a deep dunt in the on page 14

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
socks an short socks An some stopped at yer shin. on page 17
footsteps got closer an then stopped at ma door. It wis her. The v on page 28
i! Where's ma tenner?" Hughie stopped long enough tae dig intae his on page 44
He stopped. "Whit aboot the chickens?" on page 72
been on the main road. I had stopped suddenly, turned roond aboot on page 73

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
l, this is it,' ah said as we stopped ootside a decrepit door oan J on page 55
ein pumped up wi morphine hud stopped me fae feelin so much. Ah wis on page 92
y says, shakin hur heid. 'She stopped helpin Maw oot fur no good re on page 117

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
wey a couple o streets, syne stopped ootby a traivel agent's wi a on page 125

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
oor efter the skin an hair's stopped fleein, an the boays, haein s on page 68

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
7th century, its official use stopped when the court moved tae Engl
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wey a couple o streets, syne stopped ootby a traivel agent's wi a
ant, she wis a bejantine." He stopped an lifted a finger for tae py
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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
wam half a breadth an then ah stopped at the edge ae the pool tae w
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
fence. Twa steps she taen an stopped again, starin up.
e hill, ower an ower till she stopped. Time ah catched up tae far s
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nge aboot her perfume, an she stopped weerin it, like that. The off
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Wullie an Saunny stopped lauchin lang eneuch to chorus
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ott becam a reader in 1976 an stopped be-in Heid o Depairtment in 1
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
rip. He’d woke when the bus stopped fur a lavvy brek and petrol i
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
e sex pest, whos gonny get us stopped fae the police never mind no
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
nd is, "Whit if Mrs Avery has stopped checking in Ah anely said an
the car, when Ah’m awmaist stopped in ma tracks by the sound o t
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ld be askin' too muckle - ye stopped really talkin' tae me years a
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eight weeks and four days. I stopped one night in New York and sta
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Sae richt eneuch, he stopped his taxi in Sauchiehall Stree
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
Road on a Saturday wioot bein stopped by thon wifie in pink robes o
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wish. In sheer frustration we stopped, far ower early, an’ let of
’ took me in the knee, as A stopped anithir ba’ hit me in the b
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ad tae cross a cattle grid. A stopped the group an’ briefed them
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
en. Th' creaking. It's hasnae stopped. Mah body tensed 'n' ah held
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e pigs thair supper ae nicht, stopped at the loan-heid for a bit tw
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
y. Sick Boy’s hands have no stopped movin’ against me, softly t
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
uid few meenits an ivverythin stopped till he opened his een again.
No that this stopped sic a determined man. He kept
Moss in the aifternoon. They stopped there fur a bit tae eat an a

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
016 It’s the only thing that stopped me going intae the barbering (2020) search twitter
sh mum, visiting her son, got stopped in Heathrow with a slab of lo(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
e full clip though as filming stopped just as you were aboot tae po(2014) search twitter
ianLoop Nope! Even though you stopped following me! An am an East C(2015) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
@uk_domain_names Even a stopped clock, etc. Dinna fash yersel(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
hingy @capnbobfrapples husnae stopped.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
t blogger, said "Andy, like a stopped watch yer no often right, but (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
An apology fae you, widnae a stopped you getting a Hate Crime on y (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s high time all this nonsense stopped and fans were let into games (2021) twitter link
at the jewel - cars had got stopped at the roundabout at the fort (2020) twitter link
Nick_Pye time the welsh folks stopped being boyo n stormed into the (2020) twitter link
@RyanMusselburgh m8 av stopped watchin epl league games noo (2021) twitter link
do - we can do - perfect if stopped by the auld bill - get on it (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Bella stopped birlin, an skited ower, an sh on page 84

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Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Switzerland an ae day, while stopped for a breather, we studied oo on page 28

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"And you've stopped smoking?" on page 8

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Bit then Nick stopped wi a muckle grin, on page 19
Then fan they stopped they hid tae stare, on page 20

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Bit it's no stopped me gettin I' cickenpox on page 67

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
le ower tae Pitgeldie, far Ah stopped a while tae get ma second win on page 12

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
she heard a voice ootside, an stopped till listen. on page 34
came opposite Alice, they all stopped an looked at her, an e Queen on page 76
loud indignant voice; but she stopped kinda fast, for e White Rabbi on page 105

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
- 1986) Travellin Through An Stopped. R.I.P. on page 118

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
raw as a pun o raans. Syne he stopped, an cried doon fae the battle on page 88

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Grantown On Spey. They stopped, got oot ower an stretched th
iemore mair relaxed an ivver, stopped at Loch Morlich an hid
oon an, heid for hame. Jonsar stopped at Boat o Garten, tae hae a
Jonsar Eck's pals stopped an offered Jonsar a tug. "Och
brake cable snapped fin he stopped. "Aye" said Jonsar "at's a bo
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
News, the twa o them nivver stopped spikkin. As Muggie got stuck
Jonsar Eck stopped the mower an gaed awa ower ta
Jonsar Eck stopped an said. "I'll tell you a sto
been stopped playin fitba for Pitsliga for
renae fechtin. Fin the trucks stopped an abody piled oot, fa wis
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Dandy hid stopped aa the rubbit's holes bar twa
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
n the undergrowth. A few o us stopped an took aff oor bags an lifti
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Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
a arrived at the river it hid stopped the hailstone and the wind hi
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
last o my money gone. I only stopped working for the satellite com
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
pologise for his pension bein stopped. The man said that he’d bee
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tormentin didna stop, she’d stopped gyan oot tae tidy up noo and
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on afore the reed hett bullet stopped and drapped doon the back o h
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y hut the side o the landy. I stopped and reversed back tae far I t
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sie, I winna hurt ye!” That stopped her and she only gave a wee w
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Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
They stopped tae tak on watter tae mak the
d he couldnae gett the engine stopped
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ey and his Aiberdeen radicals stopped Oswald Mosely fae giving a sp (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Archie went past in his motor stopped at junction n shouts At was l(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
@Kimmycricket I stopped wrappin’ years ago n noo sti(2018) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Only flaming car that stopped gan past wis a bloody taxi ho(2016) search twitter
ing bit piss o rain a'day and stopped me fae walking hame fae the b(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
kets and his breatheen nearly stopped. He brokk oot in an aafal swa on page 52
The minister stopped and peered ower the dyke. "Wh on page 61

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ough the fence afore I got id stopped! The lambs sa their chance an on page 128

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bit no, ees pullan up an ees stopped tae gae hur a hand. That's al on page 87

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bit that's niver stopped them afore. on page 127

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
i stopped and whispered thank you on page 27

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Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
His playeen stopped. Fae oot-aboot a linner blew on page 58

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
disappeared? An whit finally stopped him?
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@peediepuss tweeted
ill type of cosmic miracle we stopped making all plastic the morn w (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ot impressed but dey should o stopped!! (2019) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I say meadow but basically i stopped cuttin da girs, added some ye(2019) search twitter

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s later, ahm worn oot. a just stopped and jacked in aal! Due to ma (2020) search twitter
tae listen. Hated that and a stopped wearnin a hearin aid when a l(2020) search twitter