A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

follows Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 4.6 4.5 29.8 11.6 20.7 0
Number of occurrences199 3 3 2 2 0
Number of authors15 6 3 2 2 2

Occurrences of follows in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
wo lassies' heads turn n mine follows. on page 27
cle ae seats and the tall one follows behind, monkey tae the organ on page 58

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ma hert follows him still, on page 19

1 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
this just the same as the day follows night
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
rnlie’? Gin ye luik at what follows in St Paul’s sentence – â
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
year. ?????????????. Sooo, it follows it wuz 45 years ago A wuz esc(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n the full list cos mr p only follows twae teams lol - done the lo (2021) twitter link
ples - leitch is a dentist n follows rugby and stock car racing lo (2020) twitter link
cheers for the follows guys - u no who you are (2020) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
parchment-scroll, an read as follows: on page 105

1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
Her notes read as follows..
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t ma pension! Full transcript follows. This will mack yer nicht(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
her lessons fae college, sheu follows sense on page 18
the dunt o the invitaetion an follows the wife. on page 48

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
follows the first, as when the singer on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2017) Shetland
nounce wirds different, so it follows dat you can spell onywye you

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Apologies tae aabody wha follows me. Its Up Helly Aa daday and (2018) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Quickly darkness soon it follows on page 47

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
parchment-scroll, an read as follows: on page 109

1 matches

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