A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ali Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.7 14.7 4.5 9.9 0 82.7 0
Number of occurrences4129 3 1 0 8 0
Number of authors20 13 2 1 4

Occurrences of ali in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Ali be smashing the next dafty th on page 33

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
." I'd heard thum soundcheck, ali tunes flawiessly executed. Wo on page 3

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
smiles at me "You must be Mr Ali? We on page 159

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
chin an it looks dead stupit. Ali'm glad folk that are in boy b on page 95

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Gowden Gate Til Samarkan, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, poetry
Bi Ali o Damascus; shabbles tae on page 32

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ndee (I jalouse) vernacular o Ali Christie in Bingo: on page 123

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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
g the baw in the box tae Deli Ali, who heiders the baw. Ma hear
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
edtime tales in Pidgin; Uncle Ali, a Hausa trader frae the nort
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
inking any o it might matter. Ali loves it – thinks it’s gr
long efter closing, but when Ali had stayed in toon at Ray’s
dinnae let them badger yi coz Ali thinks it's funny. But he tel
Ali says, "Aye what aboot my dog,
excuse and goes tae the loo. Ali tells me tae tone it doon. I
9 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
an Fletcher,box like Muhammad Ali or play fitba like Denis Law.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d delight he mutters ‘’Mr Ali, please?’’. Words that ar
ss ‘’Please, follow me Mr Ali’’ he tells me. Before gui
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’You’re Mr Ali?’’
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
I didnae manage tae see you, Ali. It's braw that the play's su(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ark or is thon a separate wan Ali??? If no, try Vogrie as its n (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
s souvenir photie o' Muhammad Ali the year he visited Airdrie t (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rWhite jist in fae the fitbaw ali - quality chippy brother n h (2021) twitter link
re theres a will theres a way ali - n ee ken me lol (2020) twitter link
nt footage - the great man n ali is a wee star! (2020) twitter link

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
a deep kennin o Celtic lore; Ali Frazer, aboot wham there hing on page 124

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
a deep kennin o Celtic lore; Ali Frazer, aboot wham there hing
1 matches

Cormack, Liam Hallaeen, (The Gaudie 2019) Doric - Banff, poetry
'cos ali-a's on the steets
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
(Dedicated tae Ali in his second year o milleen) on page 36

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Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
wul. A coud say what av herd ali?(2012) search twitter
@bobbyrobson46 hev e herd tae ali? Sum news eh(2012) search twitter
net_2011 @bulla7 @wullies1903 ali (awork4hoorsaday) and ca it s(2012) search twitter
hope eer gan ti apologise ti ali, e spoiled his nite. A deken (2012) search twitter
@hornet_2011 aye gay ali....e want ti gan oot on a dat(2012) search twitter

@jamie_ginger tweeted
idd Am share ee were sayin ti ali george. Pick mei(2017) search twitter

@officialAliRed tweeted
Ali’s here! A jaunt tae Jethart (2019) search twitter

@projecthawick tweeted
t wishes frae Project Hawick, Ali Redpath, an hunderts o' ither(2019) search twitter