A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dates Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 15.4 4.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3730 3 1 1 1 1
Number of authors24 17 3 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of dates in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
y eagerly wrote doon aw three dates oan their slates, then addit on page 109

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
said, if ye thocht aboot the dates + ye'd put a wee skelf o a la on page 77

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
lt tae screive doun the three dates on their sclates, toted thaim on page 44

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
've even hud a couple ae play dates wae that lassie Chrisitna and on page 156

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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
them that'll tell ye that the dates on the Castle show it wisnae on page 119

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Wi 'dates' and 'discs' it's ill to glea on page 31

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Twa Scunnersome dates on page 1
Tiramisu. The last twa-three dates on page 2

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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
turs. Then she gave us aa the dates o the battles an aboot Bonnie on page 120

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tae tak a glisk o the names, dates and wark o collectors that we on page 69

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ody. The Calendar gies ye the dates, venues, contact names, addre
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rite o ‘Januar Frost’, at dates frae 1946 (actuallie, it is a
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
forby, it has e’en gied us dates fur these ferlie stanes. Takk
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
war juist starin at a table o dates an nummers. Playfair trewed t
text, something that a list o dates an events wadna affuird.
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
languages at widely different dates and often in strikingly diffe
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t while speirin an scrievin. (Dates is whiles approximate.)
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
te the openin on the follaein dates:- 5, 12 and 26 Julie an 9, 16
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
literature of both languages dates back hundreds of years” in
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
eve that after goan oan three dates wi’ Lorna, she decides she
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
It's a wee kirk, dates frae the 17C an weel kept up.

@jax6754 tweeted
........WHUR ARE THE SCOTTISH DATES PLEASE! xxx(2014) search twitter
Richt! Whur are yiur Scottish dates? Pleasssssssssssssssssseeeeee(2014) search twitter
you? WHERE ARE YOUR SCOTTISH DATES! xxx(2014) search twitter
As a didnae see any Scottish dates doea that mean yir coming tae(2015) search twitter
Tues morning re yir available dates! Hae a fabby weekend aheid X(2015) search twitter
and 3 other occurrences.

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
er, 1527 an 1538 bein the key dates. An it aa traces its origin t on page 56

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eagerly wrote doon all three dates on their slates, an then adde on page 107

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n patches on gravesteens, get dates, mak graph. 4cm every 100 yrs (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Fae the dates hid wid seem that Davie wis w on page 39

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da jury an wrot doon aa tree dates apo der slates, an dan addit on page 112

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
y eagerly wrote doon aw threi dates oan their slates, an then add on page 110

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
gerly scrieved doon aal three dates on thir slates, an thin addet on page 111

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