A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

exception Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.1 6.4 0 9.9 11.6 0 3.9
Number of occurrences1713 0 1 2 0 1
Number of authors14 11 1 1 1

Occurrences of exception in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
nt seituation seems ti be nae exception til the rule, kis airlier i t on page 3

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
exception. As usual, she asks hoo Ah'm on page 15

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ra they had conquerit, wi the exception o the Dominions, whaur white on page 20
Scotland at the time, wi the exception o the lay Tam Dalyell, wha in on page 44

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
thocht it politic tae mak an exception fer the bench an eftir the vi on page 89

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah taen exception tae a damn't machine, on page 36

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
priorities. Bob Fairnie taen exception tae a screed screivit bi John
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n slang and thir plays is nae exception. Amang the examples are bag o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t in a fit ay cackles wae the exception ay Mary, who flushes in embar
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Yer richt, hen, ah’m the exception, ah hivnae an unce o courage
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
in’ the yin, embarrassin’ exception! Later, there followed Robin
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
mean ‘except’ /‘wi the exception o’.)
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
wae the exception o a good m8 who stays in inve (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ey, this turned oot tae be no exception. on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
he. Nottice at de'r ee single exception tae dis rule becis o contact on page 36
idda plural (mair as een). Da exception is mass nouns: you canna hae on page 49

2 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
e ir treatment baen gien. The exception baes fowk wha wear glesses ir on page 8

1 matches

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