Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

believed	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	15.4	17.1	11.9	0	11.6	20.7	17.7
Number of occurrences	50	34	8	0	2	2	4
Number of authors	33	20	6		2	2	3

Occurrences of believed in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
t, wae her eyes shut, an hauf believed hersel in Wunnerlaun, though on page 122

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Aesop is believed tae hae been alive frae 620 t on page 3
But naebody believed whit he said wis sooth. on page 13

4 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
t, pal,' she said, wishin she believed it. A vice moaned an shoutit on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ehaw wark, but a wheen o them believed in Sugarollie Ben, and the pi on page 6

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
believed were ony worse than whaur we on page 77

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
e a testament o somebody that believed in naethin an cared aboot les on page 76

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
That the cunt looked as if he believed ah wis tellin the truth. He d on page 99
thirteen year auld who still believed in Santa Claus. Ah soon decid on page 189

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wid be nae use at aw. If they believed her tale, and she doubted the on page 164

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
al craturs that fowk hae lang believed in like the vicious kelpies a on page 29
toun. An there were some that believed it forbye, but wiser heids th on page 31
ss an riches. This wis widely believed amang the Covenanters, that C on page 117

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e batter in nae bother. If ah believed that ah'd beliey, anythin, sa on page 80

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
his national service, and ah believed him. He knew mair aboot life on page 37

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t didnae really look as if he believed whit the Baudelaire bairns we on page 65

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah believed hur when she said men wur fal on page 3
even though ah wis a wean, ah believed Mammy when she said the drink on page 75

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
An Sandy Caskie, bookseller, believed on page 112

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Aathin that ettles tae be believed on page 82

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
en spak til the audience). He believed that Scottish drama haed ti s
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
came hame that night. Naebody believed her, or the others, when they
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
Willie believed in Scotland, spoke aften o hi
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
trae in the Daily Record. She believed The Vow. It made her feel thi
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
iss? It wis because we really believed it, that whit we thoucht and
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
it wis gaun on. She wadna hae believed it o Hsien. Maybe his percept
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
in tae campaign fir whit they believed tae be the richt wey tae a fa
fir her was a fear o whit she believed Aye voters tae be an a disbel
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
on ower closely, the myth wis believed.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
went his ane way dain whit he believed in as best he cud ... an suff

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
ay he’d tortured as mony he believed wur Covenanters. It wis defin

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
e but I've never really quite believed? Ye avoid lookin him in the e on page 36

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ppeal, they tell me. Ah widna believed it. Ye'd hae expeckit richt-t on page 8

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
er bin religious an Ah nivver believed n Hell - weel, nae tull Ah m on page 34
ota her han. "Ah'd nivver hiv believed there'd bi sic a choice - so on page 38

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
t on, wi closed eyes, an half believed hersel in Wonderland, though on page 120

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
hat in them days we widna hae believed could ging on in oor street.
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
It wis widely believed that the snare involved had b
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
den o the mune), mune bow. Aa believed tae signal approaching storms (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
sat, wi her een shut, an half-believed at shö wis in Wonderlaand he on page 125

1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
glish as Shetlandic, an if we believed at dis tongue wis deein oot,
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Within himsel believed on page 51

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
oan, wi claised eyes, an hauf believed hersel in Wunderlaant, tho sh on page 123

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
y whan he coorted hir, an she believed it fur there was aye a sense on page 31

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ull be daen fer ye tha wye ye believed ït wud." An hïs sarvint got on page 9
thïs weel! Seein as ye niver believed whut A toul ye, ye'll be stru on page 69

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Wud ye iver hae believed. on page 37

1 matches