Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

essence	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.9	6	1.5	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	13	12	1	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	11	10	1

Occurrences of essence 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

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n me for somethin that is, in essence, yer ain fault.' on page 49

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
yer ain essence on page 21

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the essence o thae gifts the Three Kings on page 38

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
nae exist athoot the ither in essence." Houaniver, they wis concern on page 13

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
time is o thi essence on page 99
essence o life, on page 113

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
y 'for many, golf carries the essence of national identity'. on page 84

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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
micht be cried the 'distillit essence o community experience'. Nou on page 10

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
's weel seen that this is the essence o TS Law an his wark. He is s
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Scots isna aboot reality, essence, truth, an ainership. Scots i
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
main door. It’s rain sodden essence seems tae absorb any exuberan
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
his hichtened awaurness o the essence o life. Like Jimmy when he wi
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d doctor. "But tact is of the essence when dealing with delicate ma
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