A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

they' Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 2.1 12.1 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences154 8 1 1 0 1
Number of authors11 4 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of they' in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he stairs'll hiv nuhin in it! They'll hink ah'm no scairt ae anyh on page 9

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
clad. They bairns o' mine, if they're no ruggin' the elbies clean on page 5

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he SNP haein had 56 o 59 MPS. They're cheengin their line a wee b on page 9

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
cause she's ma spittin image. They're wearin dark blue jaikets wi on page xiii

1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
l maids they war an aul maids they'd remain on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
collides wi ye it the waddin they'll stott richt aff again." on page 12

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
time te wirsels fir yon twa...they're ayewis hingin aboot." on page 6
a the greasy-heidit Romeos - they're like flees roon shite." on page 11

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
a hame bi anither road. Efter they'd gaen awa, an angel o e Lord on page 8
his angels leuk efter ye, an they'll haud ye on fae fa'in for fe on page 10
t are e fowk att are mournin, they'Il be comforted; on page 11

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I say 'at they're aa feel, I ken 'at she is r on page 88

1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
The folk they'll ken o this, on page 39

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
yet, You haven't done it, They're not staying/They aren't sta on page 89

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
thin o spalterin doon-stairs! They'll think A'm quare an brev at on page 9

1 matches

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