Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

circumstance	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.5	3.5	0	0	5.8	0	0
Number of occurrences	8	7	0	0	1	0	0
Number of authors	5	4			1

Occurrences of circumstance in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fae here, ah wis a victim ae circumstance. Ah became maire bothered abo on page 19
e, or speak tae me, under any circumstance. Until such times when ah tel on page 57

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The circumstance in which ye met yer wife, on page 19

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
pairt dictat bi circumstance. Gin ye byde ben a laun whaur
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The circumstance in which ye met yer wife,
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
subject, in the normal rin o circumstance, tae review an subsequent end
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
e, or speak tae me, under any circumstance. Until such times when ah tel
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
oon his broos an said, in ony circumstance, on page 102

1 matches