A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'an-'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of an- in Corpus

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
land pareesh harleen-clad but-an-ben. on page 25

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ime. An trows should caa hide-an-seek skuttamilla-skroo. We pla
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North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Aboot twa-an-a-hauf pun," leuch Donald. "Aa on page 36
an look it ma waatch - hauf-an-oor te wyte. on page 43
bbe stick te tryin nae te oot-an-oot insult per...aat's somethi on page 57
izzens an dizzens o aul black-an-fite an sepia-coloured snaps. on page 79

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Finally, efter hauf-an-oor, aa the powkin, ruggin an on page 26
the dash. "It's bin goin hauf-an-oor." on page 38
edin time taks up a gweed oor-an-a-hauf an syne it's back te th on page 46

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
year his junior, efter a lick-an-a-spit o coortship, his feet s
glaur, bit noo I'm on the up-an-up – an ye're comin wi me!"
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Hide-an-sic in the wids yestreen, A sp (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
trated, the airticles are by- an-lairge no ower scholarly for t
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Aberdeen

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
o slaves. Ye can google that an-aa. Ellen's grandad wis a clip on page 57

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a massive maroon chez longue an-aa, sat afront the maist muckl on page 76

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
wein-up wes comin on, an nous-an-nans raxin out a leefie an gie on page 10
ll aiblins tak tent o a Breid-an-butter-flee. The wings o't are on page 43
fusper at sounit like "Breid-an-butter, breid-an-butter," an A on page 63

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A haed bin telt aw the Ham-an-Haddie crack aboot the place,
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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
wks inti aw the wee fykie ins-an-oots o Scots leid provesioun i
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
, or walin spellins on a fesh-an-feel basis (SSD).
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McFarlane, Ishbel Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
rn this sweetie gin A dae sic-an-sic punishin activity”. Thon
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Then ah thocht hou sic-an-sae we baith wir; on page 11
render thaim wi sic a hither-an-yon elegance, tae reason wi us on page 102

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
erra cosh-lyke wey, o the ins-an-oots o ma awn days as a colleg on page 9

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
l steids. Nor wes Hogg an oot-an-oot leiterairie novice i thae on page 137
e, explainin aw the fykie ins-an-oots as he gaes alang. Again, on page 140
: Betty haes tint hir wee but-an-ben, whaur she dwallt for fift on page 141

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
an cam ti hae his thrie-score-an-ten, an later on, in 'Troke', on page 7

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
raid wul gie thaim aw the ins-an-oots o what in fack haes happe
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ithat, the depairtment wes up-an-rinnin bi 1971. The forcie R.
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Dundee

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
wíngs, is a freend. And mind an-aa that in fechtin agin Man, o
the wirds o the sang cam back an-aa — wirds, I dout, ’at wi
but he wis a knackie speaker an-aa. He threapit that he kent a
he fermhoose. That wis theirs an-aa, but they war ower frichtit
ither they didna hae twa legs an-aa? Snawba, houiver, pruived t
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, she thocht o the auld black-an-white film o Devdas, wi Dilip
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
llan follaed fur aroon a mile-an-a-hauf until it returned him t
Try this, ya hingit-faced so-an-so!’
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Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
deep-sea bioluminescent come-an-get-it fish. The Chain Road li
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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
lap. We drove the hale hunner-an-siventy-odd miles in silence,
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n; how they’d pull aff such-an-such cos he’s been woeful an
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t that rocket. Plenty mare up-an-comers ready tae step intae th
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he Lord for aa his mercies - an-in memory o her faither, a gui on page 73
, an wad argie aboot whit sic-an-sic word meant. He aye argied on page 74

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Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
an-archy in the streets
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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ids. Academics haes suggestit an-aw weys tae set oot staundart on page 16
It is warth takkin tent an-aw that the 'ch' letters in pa on page 18
maun tak tent tae the gremmar an-aw, as usin Scots vocubalar wi on page 21
Youse/yous an yeeze is used an-aw for tae address mair nor ae on page 29
the inner minds o thae poyets an-aw that's shadit buird A haed on page 34
Also on pages 36, 44, 47, 49, 50, 54, 57
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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
The fower-an-twenty crewmen on page 32

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
ch keelies, their faces white an-soor on page 45

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
Hoo-an-ever, some o these lessons mus on page 120

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Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Erse-an-collared me frae Paradise - on page 55

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hrangit slum tenements, horse-an-cairts, university, railway st on page 120

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
As hither-an-yon 'Industrial Correspondent' on page 132

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
us life, it can threiten life an-aw. The'r sindry pynts on the
1972 veage the war five mice an-aw that bade on the module as
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s is strikin: at first a back-an-forrit flowe an mellin o curre
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
k throu, tho lippent on wires an-aw, but syne, in the 1890’s,
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ort, an that it haed taen twa-an-a-hauf oors for the mairch tae
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
luiked tae Kat like a snakes-an-ladders board gane gyte. In th
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
her kintras; say, sum generic-an-tae-Wastren-een-interchangeabl
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solonggaybowser Merlin's Bairns, (archiveofourown.org 2020) Central, prose
As they blethert, a wee black-an-white face keekit at him frae
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
SLC council memmers are aye-an-oan busy daein their bit fir S
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
re the time adverb (the noo / an-drásta).
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South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Efter staundin empie fur ane-an-twuntie ‘ear, the Deuk
lo-an-behaud it gaed strecht til Wul
five-an-echtie yeir auld, haed fowre s
tha’s Gospel, chaipter echt-an-twuntie, verses nynteen an twu
It wur roond aboot the threi-an-twuntiet Februar, nynteen hunn
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South West (Galloway)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

East Antrim (Larne)

Synthetic (no region)