A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

designed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 11.6 14.9 0 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3623 10 0 1 1 1
Number of authors25 15 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of designed 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
fuck, and probably no true, n designed tae scare the shite oot wee b on page 11

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
hung on a hook. The belt wis designed so that a pupil's ootstreitch on page 42

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
lit arrogance, intae a reei, designed tae intimidate, alienate, dom on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
en ma boss imported a machine designed in China that could operate q on page 22
amble. Efteraw, the system is designed tae keep yur average heterose on page 60
yed the laws. Rules which wur designed tae keep thum doon. And at th on page 90

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ade o recycled stour. They're designed tae brak up whan they leave o on page 19

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
erpool Anglican Cathedral wis designed bi Giles Gilbert Scott in on page 102

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
Language Learner. They're aw designed tae help English speakers lai
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
coherent an practical policy designed tae encourage the leid an bei
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
the Charles Rennie MacKintosh designed Hill Hoose in Helensburgh tra
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
on’t think it wis a routine designed tae scare the shite oot ay me
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
letariat an how the system is designed tae keep us doon.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
But Daedalus had designed a mair mervellous room than t
ncess, it is mony year syne I designed the Labyrinth,” he began.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s a sign that Scots Tung haed designed at the request o the awners o
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
whiles; the gibble haed been designed for human beins and no for be
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ae anoonce a range o measures designed tae supress dissent an fortif
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Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
an huv an awfy well-designed an nifty wey
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ll-frontal cultural assaults, designed tae solidify their self-appoi
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
o material it kythes. It’s designed fir aa ages, tastes, an level
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
he back door using a Unionist-designed PR system. https://t.co/jtcBn (2023) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
yaisin non-fiction in Scots. Designed tae support the SQA Scots l (2018) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
he cantie 'Oslo Opera House'. Designed tae mirror Norway's natural b on page 16

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
anner an aa the ither gadgets designed te mak life easier. on page 50

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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
sake. 'At machine's specially designed so's the meanest intelligence
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d-kent architect frae Germany designed the biggin o't. An you an me,
Like a muckle hinneycaimb, designed tae pleesure near aa a body's
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ary pistol. This wiz a pistol designed for assassination, it hid a c
ect. Oh no! This bullets were designed tae fit the special pistol. B
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
The loon fa designed this biggin in Birmingham rea(2017) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ment, an use & communication, designed tae be flexible an deen amon (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
lan is pitten tagidder. Hit's designed tae gie peerie grains o acces on page 21

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Southern

@projecthawick tweeted
ean Station from ruin and has designed a cluster of holiday lets rou(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
no, Daniel?" It was a questin designed tae forfeit a reply. on page 22

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