A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

complains Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.1 2.5 3 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences75 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 2

Occurrences of complains in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an shi rarely complains. on page 84

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t is: magine huvin a maw that complains aboot somethin as stupit as h on page 169

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
“In this poem, the lover complains of his (?) separation from hi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fuck’s sake, Aldo’’ he complains. Aw serious and insistent. Yi
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
es go up every year - nobody complains about this rip off - tut tut (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
He complains aboot the men in Aiberdeen on page 32

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
dled wi arthritis, she nivver complains an, although she's weel-cared on page 44

1 matches

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