A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

acting Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.5 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences129 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 8 3

Occurrences of acting in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
, maybe it's time you started acting like it.' on page 16

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
some heid shots ae me fur the acting portfolio ah'd been asked tae on page 169

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
"Is acting something you've always wante on page 56

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nses or trouble of the person acting as banker, etc’. (Jamieson
(18 Dec 1917.) reads ‘While acting as treasurer of a grocery “
2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
comic plenitude’ through an acting style that had a parallel wit
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
up. It wis hopeless. Emma wis acting unusual, in the sense that sh
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
. We may dream big but he’s acting big an’ he’s no gonnae le
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e man up - get a life n stop acting like poosies - dont b a sap (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
€˜Oh I’m fine!’ I replied acting the pillar o society that I a
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
@IanPiriepod remarkable acting changing fae happy go lucky f(2015) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
Mcgeough. I think Mcinnes is acting against his nature amid recen (2020) twitter link

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