A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of themselves in Corpus

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
troops wur steamin, launchin themselves oot the broken windaes. A git on page 3
them dive oot the way n pick themselves up fae the deck. There's nae on page 19
e make-up. Most lassies caked themselves in the stuff, their necks gen on page 26
a corner n every'body shites themselves n pauses fur breath. The rest on page 45
chers, who often took it upon themselves tae act like the bouncers ae on page 46
Also on pages 50, 55, 59, 60
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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the caa, the pupils cud amuse themselves again. Twa boys, wha were sit on page 43

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Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
nymore, watching as the Picts themselves might on page 87

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
limbs, the boys just unhooked themselves on page 41

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And even themselves, upby, on marches and picket- on page 60

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ey baith began arguin amongst themselves. Then a welcomed distraction on page 187

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
she said men wur fallin over themselves tae ask hur oot. But the way on page 3
din under the stairs and shat themselves when the doorbell rang. on page 81

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
other dimension, to distance themselves from these attributes in simu on page 56

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ng Cumbie ya bas) an fortifed themselves in the middle flats (where th
gein themselves sunshine over again as I expl
n slippery. Slugs had dragged themselves ower every leaf an blade o gr
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ace tae face wi the musicians themselves...
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ted to see the wilderness for themselves and go exploring like their g
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ely noo that they’ll crease themselves at a neighbour newly returned
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
g, makin a bloody nuisance ay themselves. There wis a bylaw introduced
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ese citizens are entertaining themselves...
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
omewan else who’s convinced themselves that their pet ghost is reall
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
of those who cannot speak for themselves. We are the law givers, the p
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e furst nicht an’ disgraced themselves! Callum, efter hearin’ the
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
guish over it, without asking themselves, ‘Why did I do that?’, â€
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay fae them, or threw it away themselves, an ye begin tae afford it th
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
boney fingers as thay wrapped themselves aroond mah purple ankle. Th'
boney fingers. Thay enclosed themselves aroond mah ankle, slowly puhl
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
An sae it wis that thay fund themselves sittin in the shade o the aik
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
asked them, and they consider themselves weegies. ??. Miserable fecks (2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
nd biding in Scotland wid ca' themselves a Tory. Shairly the greatest (2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
the fankle some folk have got themselves intae - naebody's sayin they(2017) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
@skiddy1962 They cannae help themselves always put the knife intae a (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
chers. They are terrified for themselves and their ain bairns. They ar(2021) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ree gardeners instantly threw themselves flat on their on page 75
an e soldiers hed till double themselves up an stand on their hans an on page 79

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Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
he big fowk could hardly hear themselves chat.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
v an International day aa tae themselves! Fa is gyan tae get the washi(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
is these players keep letting themselves and the club doon with poor j (2022) twitter link
ie @pieandbov Facts speak for themselves on the ‘crime count’ - tae (2021) twitter link
d their fans need tae look at themselves (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
and the pounds'll look after themselves!(2011) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Should count themselves lucky tae hae job in first pl(2016) search twitter
barmaids are ootside sunning themselves & ma mooth is as dry as an Ar(2018) search twitter
y thought fer anyone else bit themselves #greed #bekindmyarse #hopeuch(2020) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
at Glasgow? They need to sort themselves oot doon there. (2020) twitter link

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
Yon ScotGov are jist besides themselves wi glee flashin oot dosh tae (2021) twitter link

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