A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

active Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 14.6 3 19.9 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3529 2 2 1 1 0
Number of authors24 18 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of active in Corpus

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Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Nae Economically Active, Me. on page 61

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
mith in 2014, whan he wis gey active in the push for independence, on page I

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ie Dundee. Bein a mannie fell active in the vicious religious wars on page 116
hen witches were particklarly active, an true tae his character th on page 117

2 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
uid hae scowth tae develop an active role an presence for the Scot on page 5
uid hae scowth tae develop an active role an presence for the Scot on page 12
uid hae scowth tae develop an active role an presence in aw pairts on page 22

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* Uses the third-body active voice, inidcative on page 9
Uses the third-person active voice, indicative on page 11

4 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
at John Tait, the cheil maist active in drauchtin the Report, nou on page 4

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Pairlament tae gie active encouragement tae the leid. H
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
urt. A nummer o componers wis active durin Mary’s ring, includin
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y an gie bairns a taste o the active life that we haed. It micht e
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan the hunt fur a ‘highly active’ haunted dolls hoose’, an
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
in session, tae kep the group active, with me teachin’ between t
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
apoleon wis by faur the maist active in the communins. But it wis
education Comatee and wis gey active in it for a guid wheen days.
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ced a lot of pharmaceutically active substances into Chinese medic
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ary fowk are beginnin tae get active in politics regularly an are
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ach shared by almost everyone active in Scotland today. Two years
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ey see o the maist visible an active pairts o the state as their e
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ck Tamson's bairns tae tak up active politics, Scotland wis still
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
he noise in ma heid .... Ower active imagination ah ken .... jist

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
This is tourism takkin an active role, inspirin, an peyin fir
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
Pro-active Saturday started! Finally reg(2014) search twitter
insta, but lookin tae be more active soon. xxx(2018) search twitter

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
tae benefit larners, includin active literacy approaches, co-opera
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
Jist a brilliant place for an active imagination. That wiz the gwe
1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
some shooglie, radio-active nursery rhyme; on page 9

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Seaforth Highlanders and saa active service in the trenches o Fra on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
whit's gyaan on is a act at's active or passive). on page 70

1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
hope you're keeping well and active ??(2020) search twitter