A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

umpteen Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 6.2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 8 3

Occurrences of umpteen in Corpus

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Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
eer blinn it maun hiv stoapit umpteen times, is the clock hauns whi on page 22

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Ach, the'r umpteen auld tunnels doun here, I fun on page 26

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
asel tae pey the bills, bocht umpteen things aff Amazon, switched a on page 77

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an she wis a horror. She had umpteen different body piercins - in on page 126
loves that wean. Ah sent her umpteen texts explainin how ah'd met on page 169

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
nt the playgrund he could see umpteen wifies gaein the messages or on page 99

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Stocktakkin we cried it. The umpteen time a day heid coont o coanv on page 17

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
oorin it intae jaurs tae jyne umpteen ithers aside the pickelt eggs
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
un) ASLS conferences, produce umpteen documents, books, reports an
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Donnert the Tenth ir Scunner Umpteen fir aw ah ‘m fashed.” Dav
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
efter ither units haed tried umpteen times. The Polish flag wis hy
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
kindlin; ah'd seen Ma dae it umpteen times. But then ah remembered on page 42

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
ding Britain's involvement in umpteen wars fae on page 23

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t rock aside the Gap affordit umpteen ledges, like a wheen brukken
1 matches

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