A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

countries Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 13.4 1.5 0 17.4 31 4.4
Number of occurrences3426 1 0 3 3 1
Number of authors21 16 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of countries in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ectly namin capital cities ae countries ah'd never heard ae. And even on page 35

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
it, an the war atween the twa countries went on fer a lang time eftir on page 24

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
wi inpit frae mair nor ninety countries, the Declaration wis finalise on page 18

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Focht fir fower countries on page 82

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
med up Italy, decadence, hoat countries, an bad things folk shouldnae on page 46

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
countries that taen pairt durin 2001. T
non-English speakin countries sic as China, multilingualism
new mercats” means that sma countries maun bring oot skeels
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
are chucked oot in better aff countries, an the likes o crappit heids
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e planet Earth in a number of countries and regions, which reflects t
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
There cannae be mony countries whae feel shame aboot their a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
countries oot o the hail o Europe stelt
happened in ither countries the likes o Spain but it's ri
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
in Scotland an ither European countries, as weel as keep track o what
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
cotland remains ane o the few countries in the world no tae mak sicca
and must be ane o the gey few countries, no jist in Europe but the wo
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"a butcher's parcel o countries an regions"
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
if ye hink o’ it, a’ they countries wha used tae be part o’ the
independence fer their ain countries an will back us. Bit it mak
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
unds o the political status o countries or territours.’
e seek and tae enjoy in ither countries asylum frae persecution.
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Weill, unlike thae countries, we dinna hae the chance tae
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
e wis in an alliance wi ither countries agin him an saw his chance.

@OliphantWullie tweeted
to influence events in ither countries ! They're daein a grand job h (2022) twitter link
onDowey_ AND the folk in they countries dinnae mind payin they levels (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
heir politicians sanction the countries that sell them oil, gas etc, (2022) twitter link

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ate. Maybe i hotel pit i same countries igither. We hid a load o Scot(2019) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
data fae jüst under ¼ o da countries idda wirld, Dr. Parkvall fan on page 19
aless for vehicles, boats an countries at ir "shø"s, bit Icelandic, on page 49
saw lockdown in most countries.) on page 62

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Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
and sooth and frae different countries whae've contributed tae local
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
he power from the these small countries rather than EU (rather than a (2021) twitter link
he similarities between three countries. a huv been there and concur (2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
They've focht in mony countries wae al' thir Ulster guile, on page 44

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