Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'obliged'

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Use in varieties of Scots

obliged	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.4	18	11
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.3	3	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	24.8	4	2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	94.2	3	1
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)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of obliged in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Said Sadie, "I wid be obliged if you'd leave me hoose right on page 35

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"They were obliged till hev him wi them," e Mock on page 99
hose twelve craters" (she wis obliged till say "craters", ee see, b on page 104
ntan all aboot for id, he wis obliged till write wi wan finger for on page 105

3 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ma expense. Ah instantly felt obliged tae share the excitin news wa on page 166
s. Reluctantly, of course, we obliged her, And we posed through gri on page 187

2 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ken the solution, but ah feel obliged as a newcomer tae the kintrae
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
” “Well, no, but I’d be obliged if you didn’t give them a b
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
here as well, but she is not obliged to explain herself to me, so
obliged to give her my support. Now,
ndinly as weill. Beatrice wis obliged tae express enthusiasm for th
3 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
* a local authoritie is obliged tae implement thon meisures r on page 53

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ty kick on the dowp. ‘I’m obliged tae ye, sir.’ He nodded tae
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"They were obliged tae hae im wi thum," th Mock on page 102

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"They wur obliged tae hae him wi thim," the Moc on page 102
m twalve creatures" (shae wus obliged tae say "creatures", yae see, on page 109

3 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ae God'; ®an ye say he isnae obliged tae honour his parents wi it. on page 9

1 matches