A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

adverts Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 10.3 7.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2620 5 0 0 1 0
Number of authors15 10 4 1

Occurrences of adverts in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ts language shuid be uised in adverts, in signs, in signpostin, an on page 5
ts language shuid be uised in adverts, in signs, in signpostin, an on page 13
ts language shuid be uised in adverts, in signs, in signpostin, an on page 22

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r siller tae spen. (Until the adverts comes on, onywey.) We can fau on page 9

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e site will be publiceesed in adverts an mailins tae the schuils, a
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Ever watch the adverts on the TV? If you'r the kind
V? If you'r the kind sees the adverts as a chance ti set the tea ma
Caur adverts is no bad at this, whan it's
Some o thae caur adverts can be grand wee character sc
The'r a hale genre o adverts like this whaur ye dinna ken
6 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
l causes. In ma feed there is adverts an aw – targeted ads learn
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t wis a place that existit in adverts, cairtoons an wather reports,
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ers. Ye micht hae seen the TV adverts anent Covid-19 that’s co-br
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
on rooms, offices, discos, TV adverts, eatin places an mair. Bairns
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
cots sneckit frae programs an adverts in the media thae days. Ye'll
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ose ahint it, sic as recipes, adverts or instruction manuals.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
n thur wur fower gamblin site adverts during the brek. Disgustin. A(2020) search twitter
Ah detest gamblin adverts. They shud be banned.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the radio Maggie an John Oor adverts are pleased tae pit on An fow on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
st time Ah'll be answerin ony adverts. Fit a drap Ah gat - it jist on page 57

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
In Britain’s Got Talent adverts fur Morrisons fit wye hiv the(2015) search twitter
ram ye can get peyed tae post adverts on yer feed. Ah’ve been deei(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Fett hingmy. Hope there's nae adverts for Al Askan See and Mr Beauj(2019) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ciety, don't be fooled by the adverts. We're getting there but slow(2020) search twitter