A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

describes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.6 7.5 19.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences199 5 2 2 0 1
Number of authors15 8 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of describes in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
usson (1750-1774), daft days' describes the fun, frivolity an merrime on page 77

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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
he character o the lassies he describes it seems mair likely that it on page 103

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
t muivin at the bit whaur she describes the deith o her brither: 'I'm on page 54

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
iation - whit sociolinguists describes wi the wersh wird chynge. But on page 9

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ord English Dictionary, which describes it as ‘chiefly Scots’ com
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
me intil the category that he describes thus: ‘Another class of mod
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ngs oot Nicoll’s diary that describes whit wis happenin in 1650, th
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@iainnicol tweeted
Progressive isna a wird that describes Joanna Cherry.(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
cam intae Scots as skellum & describes thon big rascal cried Tam o S(2020) search twitter

Doric

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
describes as: his kaleidoscopic world. on page 126

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
t Geddes, or whit Kenny Munro describes as: his kaleidoscopic world.
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Uri, Antonia North East filmmakker feart for the futur o Doric, (Doric Future 2019) Doric, blog
oric YouTube channel, far she describes hersel as ‘”the good news
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
airt dealer went awa. How he describes it is this;
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
says breenge is how his wife describes his DIY skills (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Darling describes the muckle domms an tooers o on page 65

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Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Darling describes the muckle domms
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Prosody describes da rhythm an melody o a langu on page 28
tion naems ir proper naems at describes whaar sumeen's fae, laek Anne on page 47

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Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
terday's highpoint: colleague describes gait as "glaiket".(2018) search twitter