A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dees Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 10.6 16.5 0 17.4 0 31
Number of occurrences4221 11 0 3 0 7
Number of authors21 14 3 2 2

Occurrences of dees 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

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
k ... but gin he's removed or dees - as I fear some day he will on page 24

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
no a jot whit nummer o bairns dees; it maitters nae a whit gin a on page 123

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
THE POOER TAE BE HIMSEL SOON DEES! on page 158

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
it's no frae Age or Pest Man dees - on page 54

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ns frae the keing. Adam later dees a maircenarie, Scott's sister on page 138
ae laddie, but whan his wife dees, he maks the mistak o remairr on page 140

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
commonly makkit whan a starn dees.
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
last bidin speaker—dees ilka twa weeks. This tynin o
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
boot yer caur. The ingine noo dees an the heidlamps dwynes.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
If the plant dees - there's plenty mair!
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
"Whit will we dae if oor pig dees? We'll no be able tae sell hi
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
ht, sense, feelin. A language dees no whan we stap uisin it, it
no whan we stap uisin it, it dees whan we stap uisin it tae tal
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n MSP, said that ane language dees somewhaur in the warld ilka t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
inar till the day thair Mammy dees giein birth an things aw ster
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
if she has a babby boy, an he dees, for whitever reason ... weil
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
exist in Denmark (gin a bodie dees or resigns, their place gets
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
er God ma ain God. Whaur thou dees, wull A dee, and there wull A
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
t he means is: when the Queen dees the Royal faimily will come t(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Weel...if she dees, she dees," jokit Norman, giein an illt on page 47

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
i us unner the sea. Either he dees or ye dae, bit it maun be dee on page 126
Either he dees or ye dae. on page 127

4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
heard tae ring fin a Durward dees. 'They come frae the grun o C on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Later on win dees doon it's gey licht,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
, fur whetyher or no a fermer dees his beasts man be fed an watt
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
veesit furran lans afore she dees. I'd bet she'd etle tae see P
Far aa life dees, daith lives, an natur breeds
2 matches

Shetland

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
Afore da daylycht dees,
Whaar lycht an lippnin dees.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Kunal son is boarn da midder dees and da faider shun eftir. So
1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Means some poor cratur dees, on page 25

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a thïs here whaniver hïs da dees. If we kïll hïm, aa thïs c on page 103
iz, that ïf a man's brither dees an leas a guidwife wi nae wea on page 104

6 matches

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