A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

closest Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 8.6 4.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2217 3 0 0 1 1
Number of authors18 14 2 1 1

Occurrences of closest in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ee voice Inside ye thit's yer closest, constant pal - aye, It's wi on page

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at the verse, when it dis the closest auld wumman smiles broadly at on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
The closest ah've came tae reinventin mas on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae brotherhood. Where as the closest ah goat tae experiencin anyhi on page 87
ped opened and turned tae his closest and dearest pal. A family siz on page 91

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Universal Dictionary, but the closest thing we could find wis V.D. on page 71

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
himsel intae the ground, the closest he gets tae a treat is a new on page 89

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ccoonts mukkil loued bi thaim closest til’m, an likit bi juist ab
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
lects. Chose the ane that’s closest tae yer hert or yer experienc
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n hur aboot died Dan, and the closest she ever gat tae gien me whit
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
r drank, nivver smoked an the closest she cam tae sweerin wis tae c
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tly what occurred. As Gus’s closest freen and confidante, I kenne
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
cos ah kinna hink he’s the closest tae Charismatic Scot we reall
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
orientation, Syriza finns its closest Scots marras i the RIC. But t
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
tro Barry's goal is wan o the closest things ye'll ever see tae Arc (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
k across the Irish Sea at our closest kin. And now we're finding so (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Which definition/etymology is closest tae the use you ken o? https: (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
roon fur days seein aa their closest friens tae hansel the year. M
o them. Bit ye'r the ain I'm closest tae Minnie, an it's richt an
2 matches

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
The closest thing we get tae a mobile sig
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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@BBCRadio4 Withma closest mates, we use to say *Kapo* m(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
be gien up bi thaim that ïs closest tae yis, yer mither an faithe on page 105

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