A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

directly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 15.2 6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3530 4 0 0 0 1
Number of authors28 23 4 1

Occurrences of directly in Corpus

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Central

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
I turn 'ae look at 'er directly, just fir a second, no riskin on page 3

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
the street. St Margaret's is directly across fae the chapel. Even w on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
mall office which is situated directly behind the reception desk. Wh on page 160

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
oadit ontae trucks and brocht directly tae ma ain factory. I'm in th on page 30
idd and brekkin tiles cam fae directly abune their heids, and Granda on page 164

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
l40 this disjaskit feelin is directly couplet tae the greed o gowd. on page 103

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Directly doon ablow them wis the ainly on page 18

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ars the reader tak tent maist directly tae wha or whit is in hauns w on page 11

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Gary sighs, lookin directly ahead o us. Ah kin tell he's on page 62

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
st totems o ancient Orkney as directly sib tae the clans o Scotland on page 110

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
eign seems tae hae been citit directly and the actournay quotation h on page 20

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ear, ti involve ither fowk as directly as we ettle ti dae in future. on page 4

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Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Ma mammy looked directly at her, and spoke in the way
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ly they wad hae tae negotiate directly wi the heid yins, the daester
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rench that wis made ‘either directly or through English poets such
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah’m directly above her, just takin her in;
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McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
re wis The Red Fox, Colin Roy directly in ma field o’ fire. A pit
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
mile the vultures were almost directly abune him. The air wis filled
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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Directly above, in a location sum rega
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
skin appeared. Th' bruise sat directly oan mah ankle, ruining th' de
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
he government o his countrie, directly or throu
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
thigh is sending electricity directly to ma cock and ah’m already
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ae poem (85), she is comparit directly wi ither female poets, includ
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
y fur a minute. Takin ma seat directly in front ae his mashed-up pus
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Aldo’’ he gasps, glowerin directly at me. ‘’What the fuck? Y
n able tae focus oan what’s directly in front ae me proved a chall
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Starin directly at these pair ae tits ah set
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@jax6754 tweeted
at station and they take you directly tae yir train seat! xxx(2014) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
@rossauchenree Ye can buy it directly fae the artist @SSSScomic her (2020) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
aboot it. Then I addressed ye directly. But thanks for the tissue, t (2021) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
They start hovering directly abeen us. The rope ladder is
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
couple that bade in the hoose directly ahin Mabel’s were affa fine
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
le man an gie them yer siller directly. Fairmers aften get slichted
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
being funny, but I canna look directly at her fan she’s in her leg
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* Hit directly mirrors the main political di on page 15

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