A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unable Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.9 8 4.4 0 0 0 19.4
Number of occurrences2316 3 0 0 0 4
Number of authors15 10 3 2

Occurrences of unable in Corpus

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Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
he Depute Furst Meenister wis unable tae gie an answer and said th on page 19

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
t nourished it. I turned awa, unable to look at it. on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
though this cunt still seemed unable tae accept ma gid news and di on page 99

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Unable ti administer or collect thir on page 42

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Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
is exchynge and, Tammy Scott, unable ti resist suggested helpfully
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
te number’s haun until wan, unable tae endure the pain anymare,
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n thing gaun oan, unwillin or unable tae listen tae any reason.
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
at’s no richt,’ Rab says, unable tae move on frae the shock o
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
He pu’ed at the fastenin, unable for tae lowse it. Beatrice tr
oundit, Raggle deid or deein, unable for tae halp her, rescue on t
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ched the rise i the Tory ane. Unable tae “oot-patriotic” eithe
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
him, likes. This Marvin seems unable tae translate Scots and ma aw
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s toll oan him and he appears unable tae move. In his apparent sha
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in me wae ma heid spinnin and unable tae talk. Lookin doon at what
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
t it's muckle mair nor being 'unable tae hear', A'll consciously y(2019) search twitter

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
unable tae cling on page 1

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
hegither. He glowered at her, unable tae faddom fit wye she’d ch
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ry tae hum alang, but she wis unable tae hit the high notes. Anith
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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
unable tae move. Shae shane got it o on page 117

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Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
appointment and was therefore unable to stay for the tay an trayba
appointment and wus therefore unable tae stay.
appointment an was therefore unable tae stay.
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