A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

beats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.2 8.6 19.5 9.9 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3317 13 1 0 1 1
Number of authors27 12 12 1 1 1

Occurrences of beats in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
r-to-ceiling window. Sunshine beats in from a hazy blue sky, but on page 14

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Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Simmer Strand, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Heat beats oan the prom til the air on page 42

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
/Ma heart beats faster. Boom boom boom boom. on page 6

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
enry David Thoreu, Blake, the Beats. Strathbungo: French, German on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
noo. She beats me by the skin o hur tecth. on page 7

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
It beats my auntie Lizzie-o' Robert Ga on page 54

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
nly, 'that the hert o a moose beats at the rate o six hunner and on page 224
cannae even hear the separate beats. It must soond jist like bizz on page 225

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A Scots hert beats in their wee poondin breests. on page 93

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
o that other lassie noo. She beats me by the skin o hur teeth. on page 11

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Balfour - ma pulse beats again. on page 35

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Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
back beats
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ots sang pit tae modern dance beats as is heard on the Macpherson
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Dull42Mike @Dull41Mike nothin beats a happy face with a football (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
beats doon on their heids, empty on page 20

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Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A wife aat beats ye wi thi pan, on page 13

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Beats Balmedie ony day on page 110

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
singin. "It beats as it sweeps as it cleans". S
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TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
Bit nihing beats the aits an' her's fit wye...
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
stopherHarv fit rare, nithin' beats a summer time sook o' ma Caul(2016) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
nuforti1968 to tell us if iss beats i Byron Bakery.(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
z Keep yir croissants, nithin beats a rowie. Nivir eat them these (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
e4 @samcozzee @lewisferguson7 Beats a doze o fit I hae this morn.(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
19 im listenin tae sum raspin beats in grand theft auto anoo(2013) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
‘is ane’s based on th lower beats o’ th Sp’y n tales o’ th f(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the last 70 years and nothing beats it(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Me hert gied twa-three extra beats as the big man gripped me han on page 69

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Southern

Purdie, David C. Lallans 90 - Le Vin de Mon Pays, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Southern, poetry
That hoys ye braw an beats the lave on page 7

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Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' gaen mae beats some ould fashioned luk's. on page 8

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