A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

discover Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.9 8.6 10.5 29.8 5.8 0 17.7
Number of occurrences3217 7 3 1 0 4
Number of authors28 17 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of discover in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
naebody, it is yours. Whan ye discover an island that belangs tae na on page 48

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
le in their seventies usually discover that their senses diminish an on page 80

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
A press ye'll discover on page 18

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e could get fae it, later tae discover that some kind of expression on page 3

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
kens or Kipling they wid soon discover there wis mair tae life than on page 22

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lock a lessons fur the Junior Discover Scuba Divin course that's jis on page 42

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae discover that aipples, on page 143

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tae discover oor wee cherlie on page 4

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
byrinth of the old alleyways, discover the stories of the people who on page 9

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
s aye hopin he'd be first tae discover, on page 114

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
‘The research did not discover a seriously Wild Law approach
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ective wheesht lest they ever discover hou we were
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
irn in a sweetie shop when ye discover a new word. Imagine then ma d
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
€™d run ben the room only tae discover that it was a news report fae
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an a couple ay chairs that ah discover through walkin intae them. â€
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@Chazzbat tweeted
a Crown by Billie Eilish. Ah discover lots o music acause it's uise(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
c_Ally It's also guid when ye discover Scots words mean different hi(2018) search twitter

Doric

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
howped that the nurses widna discover ma 'crime' tull efter I haed on page 6

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Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
o we headed for that only tae discover that 9,000 folk lived there. on page 28

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Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a tak lang for the pupils tae discover that the peacock an his hens on page 50

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Ye can wak aboot the city an discover them for yersel, or pey for a on page 9

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Celia Tennent wis alarmed tae discover her otherwise placid Shitsu h on page 118

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Aiberdein sunshine anely tae discover Thor gart inta a wifie! https(2016) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ar the tourists never seem to discover. Sshhhhh... dinna tell them a(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
osyncrasies, as you will soon discover on page 52
seems we could hae a deal, we discover you're cheust too owld. on page 84

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
or Cape Canaveral I discover on page 16

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
pineapple straw cup online to discover it was a limited run only ava (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' rinnin the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre. Maist o' on page 41
portant culture space bes the Discover Ulster-Scots Centre in Bilfaw on page 46
oanline. The forderin o' the Discover Ulster-Scots brand on page 51

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