Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'standing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

standing	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	9.9	33	26
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B	223.7	2	2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	21.9	9	4
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	4
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of standing in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Still standing in hids place on page 122

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
s me feel. Hid's a kinda long standing joke. Brt it's no joke. on page 85

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
and she didn't have any legal standing or claim on anything. But how on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
g laddie, maybe aboot twenty, standing aside a chair weerin aal fash
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
al glower. Next thing she wis standing ower me askin fit the day’s
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Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
Jordan wis standing there with a great big forkie
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
Andrew says. He’s spied the standing steens through the trees. The
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Standing Stones
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ets through school packed oot standing sooth terrace lost ma dad (fo(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ar, 4th stop - (if I'm still standing) chipper, 5th stop - back ta(2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
throughoot his life, aftimes standing up tae his accusers and telli on page 3

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
We left the ruins standing But drained them of all meani on page 58

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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
d we sat at a table instead o standing at the bar.
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
y tae drink frae a sma pool o standing water, the last remnant frae
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
o be a golf course years ago. Standing stones in field just before l(2020)
, but it doesnae stop you fae standing back 2 fucking meters. His fa(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
if a can watch a game - and standing outside a fence at a 3g nobod (2020) twitter link
yes but not public parks and standing outside the fences at 3g park (2021) twitter link
ans in at the snooker - fans standing outside in the open air at a (2021) twitter link

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
age, which the musicians were standing on, there wis a towerin arch,
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
up we ma. I really dinna like standing or playin in front o folk bit
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Standing afore the newly built tower w on page 87

1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
tae his trousers and sits up, standing from the couch and stretching
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
language is outward an macho, standing wi thir feet spread, bobbin t on page 3

2 matches

General Central

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
the bed huddin ma jaw and him standing ower uz. But I know: all he w
oking oot, looking fir me: me standing in the field, mud on my night
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@BrianBengal Nae wonder, standing there getting soaked BB... Mo (2023) twitter link

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
fredmacaulay 10 Blue Bawheids standing on a wa...(2019)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
@TweetStreetocc1 I mind standing on a railway platform in SE E (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
alty118 a coud dae it quicker standing on ma heed(2012)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
@GreigMidd E were sleepin standing up in the golf hoose ?????(2019)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Move up! Two deep! Standing room in the back stalls only! on page 42

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