A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'marked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
markedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 211 6 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of marked in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
marked apön hit, harkened ta endles on page 105

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
he sade, "an see whether id's marked "potson' or no"; for she hed on page 12
if ee drink much fae a bottle marked "poison", id is most certain on page 13
e words "EIT ME" were bonnily marked in currants. "Weel, A'll eit on page 14
First id marked oot a race-course, in a sort on page 25
"A passed by his garden, an marked, wi wan eye, on page 102

6 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
intae wee roonds wi a thistle marked oot in the middle. I wis stuc on page 124

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fanny tae but at least she's marked him doon as a loveable yin. B on page 69
tae the locals fur a marked-up price. Take the lassie abo on page 143
She's clearly marked wae bruises and there's blood on page 146

3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
t ae these railins and we’d marked oot his goals wae jaikets and
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
The teacher marked ma family tree worksheet. She on page 57

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nd then oan Friday ah’ll be marked fur death.
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
book, Mr. Coyle, you’ll see marked here. . .’ he points tae th
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
follow the rood roond. It’s marked wi a yellae sign.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t," she said, "an see if it's marked 'pushion' or no"; for she had on page 12
, gin ye drink oot o a bottle marked "pushion", ye'll be the muckl on page 13

3 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'I've marked up all your special place sto on page 43
ask, which is why it has been marked a three. Please don't let thi on page 45
'But yer no gettin marked oan it?' Mammy asks. on page 53

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
seats left, but they've been marked aff wi nameplates fur on page 6

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
paw-marked ower the flair on page 46

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
A pock-marked face wi the measles still - on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
tae a spinnle-ligged, feenger-marked table alangbye. on page 18

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
aw aroond the thing efter it marked me like that. That’s when I
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ter an then his grandwean. He marked that the twa Grannies were si
1 matches

@changed_days tweeted
der than a um? ???? Ur cairds marked fur the 15th wi that ?? (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Marked by a wee grave stane on page 56

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
yersel wae a confidence that marked ye oot fae the get-go. Sly gl on page 76
rt o incomer. Yer cairds were marked. Not once had ye set foot bac on page 78

2 matches

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