A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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thoughts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 19.1 14.4 0 5.8 10.9 13.3
Number of occurrences5036 9 0 1 1 3
Number of authors28 18 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of thoughts in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ave the court; bit oan second thoughts she decidit tae stey jist whe on page 109

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
know A''m fuckin dyin tae. Ma thoughts ir broken by big skinny Blakl on page 60

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Thi bus is full o a thousand thoughts, on page 38
it wiz back ti skail whar meh thoughts on page 53
Shiz far too logical we ir thoughts on page 68
lookin lost in diluted thoughts on page 78
Shi articulates, shiz in meh thoughts on page 84
Also on pages 98, 99, 111, 112
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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ak sense," Hughie said noo as thoughts gallivanted through his heid, on page 39

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
me en'in, it's tae fink happy thoughts. God knows ah need them. Ah s on page 36

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e cid so often explain aw his thoughts on a complex issue wi just a
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
n. They froze. Whit wis that? Thoughts ran through their minds. Froz
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a back in tandem wae ma racin thoughts as tae whit ah might be walki
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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y’s elsewhere, loast in his thoughts. ‘Mr Pearce. . . Mr Pearce,
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
granda at the forefront ay ma thoughts. She’d mare or less telt ev
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ve goat is yer ain unrelentin thoughts tormentin ye aboot how, an in
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
mair quiet it doon so aw the thoughts that go fleein aboot in yer h
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
hey wanted her tae go — her thoughts became blurry. If she concent
d, the sharp pain focusin her thoughts, and in the hauf-light she th
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
aboot it - “thoughts do just pop into your head a
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
s if she could hear Hazel’s thoughts, the birk lady wis gone.
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ae gonna get laid tonight. Ma thoughts are oan who else ah know who
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Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
A should share wae yous aw ma thoughts oan a year that A honestly sh
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@g_hibby tweeted
is... You enjoy, and hope yer thoughts are guid ones?... ?? (2022) twitter link
ht of him.... But, keeping my thoughts tae masel' Brendan... Anyhoos (2023) twitter link
o' a lie doon tae gather yer thoughts?... ??... Personally I though (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
think? Be interested in your thoughts J. xxx(2015) search twitter
as reminded me 2 remember ma thoughts?.Do a still need tae gie ma d(2015) search twitter
thian. Please let me know yir thoughts. xxx https://t.co/7QJLvKRN8x(2017) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@DAFCNews Ma thoughts entirely!!! We need history t (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mr bp would like to give his thoughts on the matter as a see he has (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Thoughts thrash and quiver.
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
sting and weaving around your thoughts? He is coming…(2016) search twitter
hysically. Pls gie up prayers/thoughts tae bereaved families an thos(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
flat below Radars. On second thoughts, might be best tae forget the (2022) twitter link
Thoughts Jim? @JimSpenceDundee There i (2020) twitter link

@daleser23 tweeted
it tae do min. Let ma kane ur thoughts. I think ul like it(2013) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@molach95 Cheers for your thoughts, Alex. That's really useful. (2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
l I ca ma new dug? Gee me yer thoughts(2018) search twitter

@glenlivetloon tweeted
@Maxwellsnp Keen to hear thoughts on my latest post...I'd like (2013) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ne whaar ‘the joins between thoughts, speech and the printed words
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
years. Still, noo and again, thoughts.... #coronavirus #Diet #Scott(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thoughts they scatter til combine on page 20
An ale yer thoughts ir set stane. on page 28
Memrie, thoughts, an fraerful dread, on page 36

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