Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

apt	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	23.2	7.4	1.5	0	5.8	0	232
Number of occurrences	77	15	1	0	1	0	60
Number of authors	18	12	1		1		4

Occurrences of apt in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
d up his intelligence. He wis apt tae fling his aix at ony chie on page 26

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
mparison o Scots an Gaelic is apt tae. Catalan, like Scots, is on page 3

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
apt tae fa' doon on page 41

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ither's daughter, I'd been an apt learner, progressing quickly on page 3

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ne o the poems is aa the mair apt. We wish Willie, an eident sa on page 5

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
aw ower again, sae it's a gey apt metaphor fir the quest fir Sc on page 84

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
of the Last Minstrel, wis an apt an poignant chyce in this the
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in misst. Ironically, folk ur apt tae feel baith mair insecure
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ilka Scots wird that bit mair apt tae be up for ridicule or deb
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the Pandit, “you are rather apt to let your kindness be impos
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
n pissing rain all day, as is apt tae dae in Scotland. Ah canna
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wae a bacardi chaser - very apt in the circumstances - b o (2020) twitter link
a wee tune for the person is apt - the twist - chubby chekke (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
cet cur in timoribus iste."An apt quotation, Tyler, but I don't on page 58

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
e, mair fluent an aware, mair apt on page 19

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Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
de tae heft ye tae gie iz the apt wittens quhan ye fill ap the on page 2
bae apt tae public authorities adae w on page 4
aa apt steerins pit oot bae the Depa on page 8

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Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A'd no be apt tae gemmle it, on page 41

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
eless licencin' bes the maist apt alang wi' ither on page 10
cultural wealtht at maks hit apt fer cultures tae bae pairt o' on page 19
it. Thon wul hae hae need fer apt levels o' taakin pairt, pairt on page 23
ablow ir leuked aa bae the apt government laa authorities ta on page 25
the Fresian Academy model bes apt fer Ulster-Scots bes true on page 31
Also on pages 36, 37, 40, 41, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62
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Belfast City Council Leid Strategy – Draft Ection Plen 2023-2026, (Belfast City Council 2023) Ulster, government
’ encourage the houlin o’ apt daeins in City Haa.
in’ pairtners laike GLL gie apt leid interpretation an’ owr
ooncil venues liasin’ wi’ apt depairtments oan buyin’ an�
tallin o’ new screens quhar apt.
il facilities liasin’ wi’ apt Depairtments oan buyin’ an�
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