A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

built Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words39 45.7 37.7 69.6 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences12589 25 7 1 0 3
Number of authors63 39 15 5 1 3

Occurrences of built in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
a life - any life - is built on, and how easily it can all on page 18

1 matches

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
built the bendie, a skeletal framew on page 15

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
through it. You'd need to be built like the side of a fiver to g on page 30
says. Ah've goat the same in-built bullshit detector that she's on page 104

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 83 - Phantasmagoria, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Nae stairpit's built fur Jacob's dwam. on page 70

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ur the horses. It's aw wooden-built inside n there's steps leadin on page 4
tae put oot bonfires ae eld, built by our fair hands n defended on page 14
strongest men! Two ae yees ir built like bookie's pens, man. Seen on page 30

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n the middle, in the Brookie. Built special. Braw colours. Orange on page 1

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
.... for there wis not a ship built that cuid convey Sandy Peden on page 31

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
She's jist a bomb; she wis built tae explode. on page 83

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hink his sons must be similar built on page 41

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Their forefolk built the dun and founded Scotland on page 31

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
in will always win, and it's built oan a foundation ae misery. B on page 28
e sight. He's a shoart stalky built boay wae shoart auburn rid ha on page 73

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Could they no hae built a brig? on page 184

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wi naethin cae dae aince ye'd built yer shelter, there wis ae maj on page 37
t ye wuid hardly ken. She wis built for hard wark, a richt chunky on page 56
hes in his stockin soles, wis built like a bull an for a bet wuid on page 57
bein aroun six fit tall, weel built an as fast wi his hauns as wi on page 83
Standing afore the newly built tower with a crowd o gentry o on page 87
Also on pages 116, 118
8 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
tainly isnae. Madame Bonnie's built lik a clothes pole an she's a on page 16
High is noo. Apparently they built this new buildin in 1977 an P on page 33

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
toes fir Winter, dykes tae be built. on page 16
The meaning o the cairn built at Glenore. on page 21
The meaning o the cairn built at Glenore, on page 22
he Scottish Border pyres were built oan every hill, on page 40
It wis built oan coal, but there's nae Pit on page 74

6 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Oor guid rid earth that built yer hills whan aw the warld on page 13
In the same Clyde-built boat on page 35
hae Romans tried tae build-we built oorsels. on page 40
ir condensation, as the bison built slabs tower on page 82
Elija's hybrid chariot gettin built in Edinburgh on page 91
Also on pages 92, 97, 141, 151
10 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
said Bonnieburgh Academy wis built in 1967, which seems like mai on page 52

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
They built it hie, they built is wide on page 18

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Da said the ships wur built fae whisky, and even though a on page 75
oses. The four-in-ablocks wur built fur rearin big families and t on page 80

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
built like a hoose-end on page 29

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
An efter they had built it, An steyed a year or twa, on page 4
is mentioned O the road they built at Gask, Wi nine guid timbere on page 6

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
wis strang as a buhl. He wis built like a hoose end and had airm on page 1
the burn tae the stables. He built a dam heid at the tap o the s on page 23

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
behint a huge protective wa built on page 10
Up thair they built cyclopaean on page 12
an yon wee fraternities they built on page 57
he built Scotland's feerst canal on page 82

4 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
se. She yaised a muckle stane built copper biler ootside, an ower
1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
There wiz a huge toolshed built, fae scratch in yin garden go
1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ainly isnae. Madame Bonny’s built lik a claes pole an she’s a
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ain Road the German prisoners built for tanks. Ma faither worked
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
toes fir Winter, dykes tae be built.
The meanin o the cairn built at Glenore.
The meanin o the cairn built at Glenore,
The meanin o the cairn built at Glenore.
4 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
re conservation policy. It is built around two pillars: the Natur
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
The station musta been built way back et the stert o’ th
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
s 37ºC. Scottish folk wurnae built fir heat lik this. A’m pret
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
d takes a detour tae a tunnel built unner the runway et the airpo
1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
d 1st in the 400m race. I wis built for this. I darted and weaved
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
mammy pointed oot, ma Grandpa built. Then past the big, glass Aud
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
“As the beavers spread and built new dams and ponds, the casca
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae changed a bit since it was built in nineteen thirty eight. Fae
s the proprietor back when he built this incarnation ay the pub i
e auld pub, demolished it and built wan mare attuned to his philo
3 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
mervel o the age. It wis built on fower levels an ivery room
but nae wey oot. It had been built as the hame o a monster we cr
o Theseus wisna tall, or weel-built; but he kent weel hoo tae wre
3 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
le oot buildings and a stane- built twa storey hoose. The proprie
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the Uighurs, an they were aa built like icebreakers, includin tw
elt him. “We happen tae hae built the Pax Scientifica - the Re
wis shootherin. They were aa built, as Beatrice’s grannie wad
3 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
ss the water. All because one built his ‘driveway’ a bit far
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Built waws and opened doors
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
an found Cargill sleepin in a built in bed. Easy peasy.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
He wis guid at it for he built up a grand business again.

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"It's cause they originally built this dam tae supply watter ta
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
e auld town house before they built the new one. Never new there (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
tele that disnae come wae BBC built in. If we want the BBC chan(2021) search twitter

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
een fa's flock wis built on page 67

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
"She's nay eece!" "She wisna built fur an injine!" Noo oney laad on page 18

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
t ower aa. Dour folk in black built this lost stunted place, reje on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Weel built," leuch Ronnie. "At means she on page 50

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nivver sink - ye've yer ain built-in ring." on page 68

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a three-fluir science museum built tae resemmle the skeleton o a on page 3
French), seein as the city is built aroond it. Geneva's main watt on page 5
lácio de Bolsa'. The palace, built in the 1800s is a UNESCO Worl on page 9
creatin Cinderella's castle. Built in the 1500s, the castle actu on page 17

4 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
In a couple o' years they've built their hame sweet hame on page 156
He's built like a spurtle on page 180

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
o the brae, anither hoose wis built that could be the identical t on page 104
we bide in a wee bungalow we built ahin the big new hoose, an we on page 110

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rhaun twice his age, an heavy-built wi't. Jed, tho, frae langsyne
umbers of eagle like men, who built palaces in the immense cliffs
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
cal greenhoose an it hid been built by Beggerey himsel ower a per
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tood up and went tae the safe built intae the waa and teen oot a
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
h o them I hae. I’d be fine built tae cairy boxes o fish, or st
ed in guts and scales. He’s built different tae the loons ye se
2 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
I nivver thocht cars wid be built for show
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ital, if anely the bypass was built this quickly! https://t.co/Ys(2017) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
p trying oot the new road she built. Sensitive Andrew blocked me (2020) search twitter
onasstalker Doomed efter they built on the Beechgrove gairden(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
is lad as Russian, 6ft plus & built like a Hall Russell's ship(2016) search twitter
it fer that glass monstrosity built in front o it(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu built the chapel, stone by stone. on page 6
And, stone by stone, sheu built the chapel. on page 7

2 matches

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Wan bi wan they built steps, on page 9

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Wae hae a big square o blocks built aroond id an twatree slabs o on page 20
The hoose wis ould, an built o stone, a bittie fae the fer on page 77

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
luk roond the hoose that I built mesel - yaas, I cairried eve on page 65

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
chool, wir own widden desk wi built in saet on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
At Earl Patrick built up
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A wee mair built; on page 26

1 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
uture focused and with legacy built in. on page 5

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@the_gellick tweeted
hooaniver, they cud weel hae built roon bits o his oul hoose! (2016) twitter link

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