Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

declare	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	9.6	6.4	10.4	19.9	0	10.3	34.8
Number of occurrences	32	13	7	2	0	1	9
Number of authors	21	11	4	2		1	3

Occurrences of declare in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e ae the Lobster: I heard him declare on page 102

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
lads stoap airm wrestling an declare it tae be a draw. The chubby on page 10

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
like powerful chickens. They declare what frequencies must be adju on page 3

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
Saictions 1 and 26 o the Bill declare that Gaelic and Scots hae off on page 8
tion 26 coud gang forder, tae declare Scots tae be deservin o even on page 9

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rated ma perr fuckin hert" ah declare tae the three ae thum. on page 78

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an war ei diz declare. on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan ye declare as dross and gane auld declar on page 19

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
If ye coud declare in history on page 50

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
es – ally o Ingland – tae declare weir on Scotland, seen as Fra
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
view that fowk were feirt tae declare their intention o voting Na a
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ettlin doon tae oor treat. Ah declare ‘’Times are gid, Brucie,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
jimwaterson of course she can declare her business bankrupt n move (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
edy as iss afore, never! An A declare id's too bad, at id is!" on page 19
oice o e Lobster: A heard him declare on page 100

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
s changing, the climate, they declare is getting
est February for a fyle I div declare.
resh win later on feel gran I declare.
3 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
phinstone lawn his gart ma te declare ony kyne o Yuletide 'jingle'.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
lad - its easy for us tae declare this and that player is shite (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'I declare a wife could lay oot a field on page 72

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an made fur home I do declare! on page 84

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ce o th Lobster: Ah heard him declare on page 103

1 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
ration applicants ir axed tae declare in the on page 8

6 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
ng tha body o tha kirk A wull declare thy name. on page 65
An they wull cum an wull declare Tae fowk that's yit tae be, on page 67

2 matches

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
“A’m hairt gled tae declare tha settin oot o tha Owwerset
1 matches