A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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ainlie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.4 32 1.5 0 0 0 29
Number of occurrences7164 1 0 0 0 6
Number of authors22 19 1 2

Occurrences of ainlie in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
appened in onie kind o order, ainlie i short gliffs o picturs, lik on page 58

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
at hichts lik yon. Crosbie's ainlie daein it kis him an the ither on page 26

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
The ainlie wey tae tak the signs richt w on page 14

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
it as masel. They werenae the ainlie yins eethir, an siccan warks on page 15

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aroun Dundee but it's no the ainlie yin concernin Niné Maidens. on page 80
An his is no the ainlie ghost that haunts the Castle. on page 118

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
there wis ainlie the track on page 7
juist the keeper, ainlie the keeper on page 14

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Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
ds spak in wiys I comprehend. Ainlie those quho seek tae hide plot on page 11
the leid ae thur king. It is ainlie richt. The king's leid is the on page 12

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aist fowk wis gydit wi naitur ainlie whit little thai allou'd it, on page 21

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Neill, Willie Lallans 59 - Christian Henry Divertimento, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Ainlie the lodesman staunds his watc on page 10

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Matthews, Lily A SPARK O INSPIRATION, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
s Quarry insisted that we kin ainlie hae the finest, hi’est qual
thro’ The Howff. It wis the ainlie wey back in time.
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
as th' world fell asleep. Th' ainlie movement ootdoors wis th' fro
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
roakin for doom – it’s no ainlie their track raicord, we ken t
years efter a Brexit vote no ainlie affecks the UK, but the futur
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nd we saw frae 1945-1979. The ainlie kintras wha can staund up tae
pit an end tae austerity, oor ainlie howp is an international muiv
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
lik tae think that this, the ainlie hailly Scots-medium politics
But this can ainlie happen gin sic a staundart pr
hin-stock, sumthing that wull ainlie turn fowk awa frae their lang
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Scots language acteevists the ainlie road forrit fur Scots is tae
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
form for chynge disna belange ainlie the Scots National Pairty. It
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
bad as it gets for thaim. The ainlie wey is up.” But they keep f
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
he rule o the fowk, an we can ainlie measure democracy by measurin
he bishops tae the merchants. Ainlie hunners o years efter this, h
thaim the pooer tae say this? Ainlie thaimsels! It is a seistem ay
mocratic wey. Vote, but dinna ainlie vote. Leive democracy i yer a
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
d tae the aid o Scotland, nae ainlie agin an invasioun o Roman sod
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e Lunnon pairliament isna the ainlie gemme in toon. Gabriel Neil,
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ittie French an BSL). She’s ainlie raicently stairtit warkin i t
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ot confirms sumthing that’s ainlie been growein clearer by the d
aund the loyalty o Scots, but ainlie sae lang as Labour vs. Tory w
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
. Whit effecks this wull hae, ainlie time can tell.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
the pro-independence pairties ainlie) aw bears testament tae this.
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ee. Until we dae, but, we can ainlie tak the national pictur as it
s pairty unitin ahint him can ainlie gie thaim better figurs nor t
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
a routine pairt o war, an the ainlie bad thing aboot it, i sum een
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tae support tuition fees, but ainlie tae tak effeck efter he’d l
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
an Scots tung that speaks no ainlie tae Scots at hame an abraid,
er Guardian review o whit can ainlie be descreived as an engagin a
presentation. This applies no ainlie tae democracy, but tae cultur
lairger platform. This wadna ainlie encourage the yaise o the lan
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
fur the day at least. We’d ainlie be able tae get the baw efter
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Kirk Jn, Albert Tae Ilka Scots Makar an Scriever, (twitter.com 2022) Central, poetry
An ainlie braid English will dae for th
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Kirk Jn, Albert A Fickle Nae Mair, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Yin gaird speiks ainlie trowth,
Yin gaird speiks ainlie fause;
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Kirk Jn, Albert Wur Empire's Guid, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Whae'd ainlie fell ye onyhou;
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@iainnicol tweeted
be independent? Wrang answers ainlie, obviously.(2020) search twitter

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t's a dwaiblie kinna mynin at ainlie warks backlins," the Queen ob on page 65

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Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a deid man, a weeda wumman's ainlie sinn. An a bïg crood wus fol on page 81
cum tae hïs hoose, for hïs ainlie dochtèr, a wee lass o twal y on page 84
ak a luk at ma sinn! He's tha ainlie chile A hae. An a wickit spï on page 86

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Ye ainlie hae tae bide a while, on page 14
Fur the ainlie thing that it's daein, on page 20
Bit glesses aren't the ainlie thing, on page 53

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