A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

exact Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.5 19.5 13.6 0 17.4 51.7 4.4
Number of occurrences5638 9 0 3 5 1
Number of authors35 20 9 2 3 1

Occurrences of exact in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
n deep brood, or, tae be mair exact, utter toomness o mind as he on page 134
ntry: seeven-hunner an thirty exact. He somewey yinst hud coontit on page 135
tour in the haill place. "The exact fautlessness ye expect frae n on page 137

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
he wee pile ae coins, coonted exact, oan the plastic ledge in fro on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
h a mullion quid. Ah seen the exact same yin oan the Antiques Roa on page 17
Chamberlain probably said the exact same hing before Hitler invad on page 39
at, eh? ah mean, they wur her exact words, fur fuck sake. Stood t on page 60
This is the exact same situation yae see at the on page 117
uce wis flung fae - the same exact yin. on page 163

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
tted intae The Rid Hoose, the exact same place whaur she wis brun on page 222

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r somethin she'll tell yi the exact calories an the amount ae fat on page 147
O'Connor came back in at that exact moment. C'mon less chat ' an on page 169

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
cube-shaped buildins, aw the exact same height, wi waws made o s on page 8
res - an streets arranged in exact squares, circles an triangles on page 12

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
It's mair exact than a meisured mornin's walk on page 107

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ll me, Rabbit,' he said, 'the exact words o the frst notice. This on page 74

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ain, he swaggered oot tae the exact middle o the stage and stairt on page 134
s tae sell their breid at the exact same price, There's this isla on page 153

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Noo if ye want tae be exact An ken aboot the time, Then t on page 4

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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
arch. It will still nae be an exact science but at least we are m on page 16

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
He didni necessarily aye ken exact definitions and that, but he
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Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
stop the fires spreading. The exact numbers of dead and injured a
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
, sicweys gettin thaim in the exact wrang order, seein as the Sco
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
fts. But vulnerability wis no exact the wird for Willie - caw it
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
we're wantin tae play tae the exact same crowd. Though it gledden
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
that; 'We need tae define the exact wants o ilka different lingui
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
xmas day. A cannae pinpint ri exact day whirr it wis xmas eve ur
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
the committee (or tae be mair exact, Jim Alison, HMI an ASLS memb
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
exact same,
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Wur names begin wi the exact same letter
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
™s aft gey fykie tae pin doon exact vaigins, hunners o Scottish p
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
unt. And ma determination tae exact some petty vendetta against t
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
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Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
im thit trespass agin you." A exact picter o whit Farquhar hid sa on page 100

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ch en thi hinner end weis thi exact amount tae soart thi spray th on page 18

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
up 165 billion times, tae be exact. Biggit for the first post-Wo on page 13

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
urse, in a sort o circle, ("e exact shape disna mater," id sade,) on page 25

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
h cried. (Weel, that wisna mi exact words, but that wis the gener
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
he day, Da wis tellin him the exact opposite.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
in the wid, five load tae be exact, so fin he phoned the sawmiil
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
an maist wid guess ready tae exact revenge for the fruitless ven
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@daleser23 tweeted
19 haha callum i would do the exact opposite o fit that idiot say(2013) search twitter

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
e, a kind o roond shape, ("da exact shape doesna maitter," he sai on page 27

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
plaess an a language haein da exact sam naem wid be Suomi (Finlan on page 8
ns indicates a entity at's da exact sam as sumthin idder at's aar on page 58

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
rse, in a sort o circle, ("th exact shape disnae maitter," eet sa on page 26
parchment in th ither. In th exact middle o th court was a table on page 107

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@StuartPoet tweeted
t16 And on this thread I see, exact same language of the mob as a(2020) search twitter
airnScots A dug whae kens the exact meenit a wean onywhaur in the(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
, in a soart o a cirele ("the exact shape disnae really metter," on page 27

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