A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dived Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.4 9.6 6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2419 4 1 0 0 0
Number of authors16 13 2 1

Occurrences of dived in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
is gums thegither. The lassie dived intae the space. on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ss the moss frae Wellwood. He dived smertly tae the grun ahint a on page 51

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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
o shit,' roared the OIM as he dived at Tam. Luckily Frank an anit on page 53

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Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
wis deid caul. Thomas always dived in strecht awa. He wis deid b on page 76

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Weel, I dived intae the shower an went thro on page 26

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
peesweeps birlt owerheid, an dived at his bunnet wi their "pees- on page 17

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e brainches o trees. Hercules dived intae the loch and stertit ta on page 27

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Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
Tae aw the wains that jumped, dived, swam ablow the brig, an rowe
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ver says a word – then they dived us, an done the oul-man fur h
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
veneer ay the lochan, McDade dived in, swam beneath an pulled me
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
aboot ma neebours door An’ dived right in whin the hinges tore
An’ dived right in whin the hinges tore
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
. She chaunted as she swum an dived doon wi the troot and minnows
ae ken ye fae Adam.” Jennet dived back doon unner the watter.
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@LairnScots tweeted
and Culture course says that 'dived' is an example o the past ten (2020) twitter link
o the word 'dive' is...is it 'dived' or 'dove'? https://t.co/I3ck (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
whit wid happen if the laddie dived like that noo - esp if he la (2020) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
dimmed tae the rim, an dived in fur a dook tae wash hissel
win. Rosy Lil dived an lowped an walloped free si
the tap, wummled his horns an dived wi a plap. Then he sterted do
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@72redz1903 tweeted
the hatred lang afore durrant dived. Few years later Jarvie and H (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We tossed and dived alongside Hoy and I saa the g on page 21

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