A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'accent'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of accent in Corpus

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
ality o Scotland, gaan beyond accent intae language. Wur the last
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@johnkmitchinson tweeted
ns tryan tae spaek waeoot yer accent? (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Stress (caaed accent firbye) is whit comes fae che on page 29

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Nicholson, Hannah Da Wye At I Spaek, (self-published 2021) Shetland - Brae, poetry
Is ‘just an accent of English’,
Juist an accent o’ Norwegian, surely?
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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
and I dunna want tae lose my accent. We hiv a lovely way o spikin (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Mid Northern B

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ye mock ma accent that shifts on page 1

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General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
tterloony Fit a sotter o’ an accent tho cuv, like a Dundonian jak(2020)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
he getting the fake Highland accent from? He's fae Aiberdeen for (2023) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Yaisin a guid R.P. accent A gied it ma name an referenc
id the street name wi a Scots accent, rolled the 'R' an makit twa
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
flesh grue. He'll hear fae ma accent A'm no a native spikker - A
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ikes a guid Northern-English 'accent', eh? It's warm, comfortin, u
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ired me, in her braw Bavarian accent. Ah couldnae let on ah didnae
wisnae fower wirds in an braw accent. It wis somehin ah had tae la
e that Scots wis mair than an accent aff the telly. There wis a ha
rever ah can, in ma Yorkshire accent, tae ma Scottish pals - be t
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
peakin in a horrible Scottish accent. Woke up this mornin nixt tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
accent. tho aiblins thon hidnae been
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Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
pent tae theirsels by means o accent, claethes, education, condesc
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ae distinguish the words, the accent sounded Scottish. Til Ah got
Elephant Man, whose Jamaican accent seemed tae hae got lost somew
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
tyle, whauras Kenneth Bryans' accent haes the pretentious fawsenes
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
wi humour, frae his new buik, Accent o the Mind. As yin o the foon
us" mentality. Awbody's got a accent but me, kinna thing! He spake
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
suits him, but wi an English accent. He then meets a merchant, a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aders tae "...bring their ain accent..." tae the readin wi the ett
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e a rich distinct dialect and accent, but it is doubtful if we cou
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
then, wi a preceese an carefu accent said tae the kailwife, "Twa p
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ssian/English/ Strong cockney accent.
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@MerielMyers the geordie accent - salt oh the earth people - (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Accent o the Mind on page 152

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Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
cos she’s got a pure funny accent an she talks dead fast; she g
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
s, in the broadest Glaswegian accent ah’ve iver heard. Ah cudnae
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@annieones tweeted
for speaking with a Scottish accent when you travelled within uk, (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n wisnae bathert by his Scots accent at aw. But whan it cam time f on page 75
, chaps. I haven't heard that accent since the war. I had a whole on page 76

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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
decades in Canada, an’ her accent still hasni’ moved a yaird
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
his vyce hissed in a Chinese accent: “William!”
his vyce hissed in a Chinese accent: “William!”
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
s voice, an tried tae hear an accent. Bit the voice didnae hae an
. Bit the voice didnae hae an accent tae him. It felt lik he hud j
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n a mock upper class, English accent, pointin alang the road whils
in an attempt at a Mancunian accent that by the end ay the senten
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ma accent is as common as muck even tho
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
He spoke dead clear but wi an accent ah'd no heard afore.
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Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
This accent doesnae mean we're gonnae kil
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General Central

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
tae help actors get the richt accent fan they're actin pairts fae on page 87

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
a favour. Stop talking. Your accent is embarrassing. You are putt on page 4

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
since he wis twentythree, his accent husnae changed. When Robert a on page 10
'Ye've got a fake accent,' Granny continues. 'Stop act on page 29
you,' he said in an American accent. 'My hame's Gordon. Gordon O' on page 57
n hur fake Glasgae University accent. She's deliberately holdin hu on page 114

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
al. Some fowk mibbe think the accent sing-sang, but it souns cleir on page 54

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
n Inglis itsel; ti ithers, an accent; ti ithers, a recurrent leite on page 4

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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t o no bein able for a Glesga accent.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tative o the scriever’s ain accent an an adherence tae the ‘ma
wi a lack o trust in yer ain accent o Scots.
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ents o thair ain disteenctive accent. Discussion o Mid-Ulster Ingl
ish, we’r tauld that ‘The accent gradually shifts from village
elic).’ O coorse, thare wis accent variation in Gaelic in the re
region, but the soorce o the accent variation, or instabeelity, i
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
y a phrase here an there, the accent is defin-ately Scottish: ‘w
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Scots accent
yer accent
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
er Warld Englishes, includin: accent (phonology), wirds (vocabular
a wheen kenable phonological (accent/soond) featurs, set oot in co
or ‘world’ in a Scottish accent, fur exemple, compared wi its
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
he canna and he disna hae the accent or viewpoint or skill tae rap(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
s wha cin sustain an American accent - Ewen McGregor, Dougray Sco(2020)
why dis she no hae a Scottish accent? ?? That's a strynge yin.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
aginst yer wishes, hence the accent. Sorted.(2020)
stenders. The theme tune, the accent, the storylines. Depressing s(2020)
watch him or his lassie. That accent gets oan ma wick(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
want ye tae speak withoot an accent, or dae they want ye tae spea (2020) twitter link
y dae some Scots change their accent abroad, an ithers stey the sa (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
d yir tweet a try and put yir accent on #helloitsmegary #greatTV #(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
hter, then, in a broad Scouse accent, he replies ‘Yerrr myte, bu
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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster