A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

weakness Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.7 9 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2013 6 0 0 0 1
Number of authors14 8 5 1

Occurrences of weakness in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
th for my day, Lord, cover my weakness so.' on page 9

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
utes tae hink. In a moment ae weakness and Clarity ah felt fur the g on page 43
be telt. Then, in a moment ae weakness, ah decide tae show a bit ae on page 141

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
waitit anxiously fer a sign o weakness fae Davie. It didnae come. Sp on page 88

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
weakness! on page 27
Whit brings ye ti it? Weakness, man, on page 32

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
be hung on till - it's no a weakness bit a strength; it's pairt o on page 56

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
acause o his weakness wi the demon drink. But they
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n tae his temporary pheesical weakness, an Hsien had disobeyed order
She seemt tae hae a weakness for dodgy characters. She tho
2 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
This sadness isnae weakness,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
and bigger hert as a sign ae weakness. And that fuckin absolute wee
1 matches

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
He kent aat it wis his een weakness - on page 11

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Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
owin in sowl, inwards, seekin weakness, on page 74

1 matches

Cara, Dillon, Ami and Travis Bogle Adventure, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
they a kent that a bogle’s weakness is watter – they canna stan
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
end. He lay gaspin as waves o weakness passed throwe him. Resigned t
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@72redz1903 tweeted
g class - but this shows the weakness in homogenising class. I reck (2020) twitter link
@AberdeenAnalys1 Key weakness for me is oor inability tae c (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Weakness ais na want oo bron on page 34

1 matches

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