Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

acroass	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	32	33.8	0	0	0	0	163.8
Number of occurrences	104	67	0	0	0	0	37
Number of authors	9	6					3

Occurrences of acroass in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
rtit tae her feet. It flashed acroass her mind that she'd never see on page 7
she wis that nosy she tanked acroass the field efter it, an wis ji on page 8
then, Five, who'd been starin acroass the gairden, shoutit oot "The on page 77
is that her flamingo wis away acroass oan the ither side ae the gai on page 84
htened Moose splashed his wey acroass the neighbourin pool-she coul on page 122

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
eyes he wisnae used tae comin acroass two rough and tumble boays li on page 17
ook aroond. Hings are doon aw acroass the board. You've goat Mr Bur on page 21
ind summit tae watch. Ah came acroass a film ah hudnae seen in year on page 23
ire aw the artwork splattered acroass the shoap walls. Fae what ah on page 24
Ah make ma wey acroass the gleamin laminated flairin on page 34
Also on pages 38, 39, 67, 77, 80, 87, 89, 92, 97, 107, 108, 116, 118, 121, 124, 131, 136, 149, 154, 157, 163, 166, 172, 174, 182, 185, 91, 199
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Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
an herry. Its wee taes tappin acroass the flerr. “Ah warned ye!�
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Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
her ye gaed up, doon, ower or acroass tae somewhaur is mair a quais
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
sight, maist probably stridin acroass the Green, as the craw flies,
wull ye?’ he sais. Ah look acroass the Green tae the rest ay the
his face is wide open, right acroass his cheek, exposin the inside
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Walkin acroass the room ah’m greeted by th
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
�s wearin’s dark in patches acroass his chist an underairms fae h
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, professional lookin strides acroass the platform flair, lookin up
wae tin foil, then later, fae acroass the road ay a major High Stre
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
him. ‘Ma Granda worked just acroass the road there in the Forge.�
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
is intolerance fur him etched acroass his face. ‘If ye don’t kn
h sais, shakin him aff an run acroass the main road ootside dodgin
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Acroass the road, staunin at the coar
eet, swingin roon the coarner acroass fae us, wan ay they big blood
2 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
oan the high mountains lookin acroass yon strath tae the Trossachs.
shocked tae see a High Prince acroass fi him, thit he near fell aff
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
d go oan this great long hike acroass the O'Kilpatrick
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
and the fancy shoaps littered acroass Princess Street. It’s a pla
y streak is awready developin acroass his belly. But in order tae p
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
that are carefully plastered acroass the wahs. Each yin broadcasti
ittery smile suddenly appears acroass his puss and he remarks ‘�
ve folk dashin back and forth acroass the busy road. A small part a
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s an army ae faimilies dotted acroass the large open and green spac
verdue show ae emotion sweeps acroass me and ah kin feel tears well
2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' then defined the ections acroass the airts o' focus fer the ne on page 5
air waark an' pit thair needs acroass tae decision maakers an' tae on page 8
tae regional youth bans/curns acroass aa on page 9
A framewaark pit intae place acroass the public sector on page 12
hae need o' oangaein ettlins acroass Government Depairtments an' t on page 17
Also on pages 23, 24, 27, 29, 30, 34, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48, 49, 51, 54, 65, 672, 72
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Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
Oor ye micht cum acroass a carnaptious aul bessom that
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Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
wur maide ap o’ experts fae acroass academia an’ the Ulster-Sco
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