A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

article Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.7 11.1 16.5 9.9 104.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences5422 11 1 18 0 2
Number of authors28 16 5 1 4 2

Occurrences of article in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
dren Scottish identity. In an article published in 2001 in The Iris on page 44

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
other pub but Frances read an article online sayin theyd found mice on page 5

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
w that kept comin up wis this article fae BBC health online an a pi on page 91
n when she died. She did this article fur a wimmen's magazine talki on page 130
olt her. That yin's a bad bad article, she said, talkin aboot Wully on page 169

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
haes wrutten the sheed anent article and structure , explainin hoo on page 5

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ton; they’re no the genuine article an they’re no the fu shilli
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
t time I screivit a newspaper article in Scots wis in The Herald aw
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Allan Brown's article in Ecosse (9th June) managed
ing" for the remainder of the article. Whilst insulting to Mr Fairn
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
ichts oan the hame page is an article oan The Aitken Papers. This i
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
that. There wis even a recent article aw aboot it in the Edinburgh
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
Wan doun (Article 13), wan tae go! (Brexit) htt(2019) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
et a wee look at the finished article?... :) (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
@GethincJones Fabby article! Inspirational words comin th(2015) search twitter
JeffBrazier Yir @CloserOnline article is a fabby one. Yir ma inspir(2015) search twitter
azier @HuffingtonPost Awesome article and way tae go Freddie! xxx(2015) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
A billingual Scots/English article on a braw wummin. https://t.c(2018) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
sScriever Aye gien a definite article - a bad case o the skitters.(2016) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
A quality article about @arkbounduk in @TheScot (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ishbktrust app available, new article in @tes. Hae a swatch at oor (2019) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Leuk it ess!" He pyntit it an article aneth the Classified Ads. "It on page 49
"It says it the eyn o the article at the denners hiv bin a grea on page 50
nna myn, bit Ah wis readin an article in the 'P and J' aboot a new on page 55

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
llin photie album an read the article, brittle an discoloured wi th on page 63
er sypin hunkie. Ah'd read an article aboot folk like her. It caaed on page 77
"Hiv ye finished yer article?" Ah speer as she unnsers. on page 80
"Ye ken, Ah read an article aboot folk like you folk wi 4 on page 82

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
s (see Appendix 2). Pairt II, Article 7, Objectives an Principles,
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
blah but it wiz the end o the article that made the hairs on the ba
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
language is horrific in that article.(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
. Any chunce ye can dee a wee article on me & Bert in the Fittie Ba(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
the ither day. I wis readan a article aboot changes in the English

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
it up da Shetland Times wi da article fae da social wark depairtmen on page 59

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
it tae da wirld in 1945 in a article published ithin da journal Yi on page 12
, laek da Shaetlan indefinite article a. Shaetlan aloos fir braali on page 27
general form fir da definite article ('the') an so da - t ithin þ on page 60
4.4.1.1 Da definite article on page 61
4.4.1.2 Da indefinite article on page 62

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
In a article aboot Scots sociolinguistics,
ondag maks dis sam point in a article aboot bilingualism in Friesla
d Unkens efter Mark, or in my article ‘Some Characteristics of th
In a article ‘The Demography of Scots’
n yun sam ‘Nippy Sweetie’ article, Tom Morton writes:
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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
In Shaetlan da indefinite article "a" is da sam whidder or no d

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Every second news article I read online is littered wi (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
llans Speakers Association - Article 37 - December 2011
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@Rosehill_girl tweeted
ae see this pit doon! A great article, @AngelaGraham8! https://t.co (2021) twitter link

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