A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

forms Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words35.6 34.4 7.5 9.9 220.9 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences11467 5 1 38 1 2
Number of authors48 37 5 1 3 1 2

Occurrences of forms in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
scrievin - an ither literary forms firbye, o coorse - hae been on page 33

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
fer a varit swadge o literary forms. Sang o Sangs is a collect o on page viii

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
hoes with fierce lament; Dark forms stalk through the night. on page 6

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o the necessity fer separate forms o wards fer Pairliamentary le on page 18
m are playin dafter an dafter forms o roulette wi siller that cin on page 37
weel hae rung tae Anglicised forms o speech bit that wisnae the on page 64

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
r in gettin help tae fill oot forms fur thir Social Security. You on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nou ah fill forms in fir boys oan the dole, on page 84

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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
By ghaists and bogies takkin forms doon by. on page 13

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
gets uised daily-day in mony forms by hunners o thoosans o folk. on page 7
till uise Scots in its modren forms, baith rural an urban, tae ma on page 9

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
; the provision o appropriate forms and means for the teachin and on page 3
s, in its scrievit and spoken forms, as a valid means o communica on page 4

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
hoices on wabsteids an online forms wants ony wale for the Scots on page 6
ten pronounced in the derived forms (especially past tenses) of m on page 19

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Hollywood walk o fame. A lump forms in ma throat. Life in America on page 83

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
urveys speirt three deiferent forms o the propont Census question on page 9

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
h kens its boondaries, sure o forms frae ice age days gin muckle on page 51

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ialecks wi aw their divergent forms. In the een o the opposin cam on page 108
il we can conneck wir written forms an wir ideas aboot staundarts on page 109

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
s auld-farrant Scots wurds an forms, an whiles, e'en makkin up it on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
tradeitional forms o oor braw Scots. on page 6

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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
ison. We can search for ither forms o the wird an we can wale oot on page 15
figures include the inflectit forms that the searches produced.) on page 16
Inflectit forms is easy to finnd as weel. Vol on page 17

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Glendonnen's Raid, whilk forms the Appendix ti the 1821 edei on page 142

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
w regulars an cover mair airt forms, an publish Scots journalism on page 4

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
This report taks thir forms o communication intil its con
ch baith in its aulder an new forms; the increasin availability
2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
public and media in its mony forms. It was a wunnerfu nicht o po
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
er o differs atween the Scots forms o strang verbs that's no seen
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
, the provision o appropriate forms an means for the teachin an t
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
hale langage, aa its differin forms maun be recognised as sindrie
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
. There was some disteinctive forms in Aulder Scots, e.g. the end
xical items) an no juist wird forms (items wi Inglis cognates). N
2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
naitral environment in aw its forms. Sae, in a wey, we in Scotlan
e that nature in all its life forms has the right to exist, persi
‘The Habitats Directive forms the cornerstone of Europe’s
3 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e in acts o terror or related forms o civil unrest.
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he haa an the kitchen, an the forms hed been aa pusht back ti mak
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
l be left will be the written forms o the language an the unspoke
language is bi readin written forms o that language. It's wi this
o the consait that aw written forms o Scots shuid be airtit at tw
shuid be exposed tae written forms o thair ain ilka-day language
4 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
eesion o Scots in its written forms leuk preceesely that; an omee
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
their seatbelts an fillin oot forms aw day.
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ons an sputum based planetary forms laid oot in front ay me; me t
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ion tool in public, an spoken forms o the language in general, is
echt nor cultural an literary forms is.
2 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
tae langer forms
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
aw their forms.
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
it is ma belief that certain forms could weill emerge, organical
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e(s), o tradeitional an richt forms o place-names in regional or
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
years, the innin tae written forms o the leid is aye thare an ei
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e in baith spoken an screivit forms, in media artifacts an in lee
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
weak past tense forms o specific verbs: fur exemple
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
day, awbeit whiles in aulder forms o spellin, fae ‘amang’, â
1 matches

Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
t staundard B. an U. on braid forms o thair leids an left melt fo
o thair leids an left melt forms for byleids an special interl
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Finlay’s forms are a pleisure fir baith lug
1 matches

Robertson, James Dr Wha, (Scottish Poetry Library 2018) Central, poetry
micht be mere glisks o life-forms yet tae be.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
c yaise the reflexive pronoon forms faur mair widely and freely n
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ae ging. Ilkie word in aw its forms is there, an it hains a treis(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
tae dae wi Scots, ‘Against …forms of speech masquerading as Sco (2019) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
elayed - fingers crossed all forms of grassroots fitbaw - gets (2020) twitter link
Maniac so many changes in all forms of grassroots fitbaw the now (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ds that dinnae exist in ither forms o Scots. An though we're a wy on page 9

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ape among the shiftin clinkin forms on page 10

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
by the cumulus forms an colours o the sky, on page 3

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
in baith scrieved an spukken forms, tae be a valid means o commu
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Turns tae rain an forms mony a pool
1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Tae git thee forms oot o the desk, tae fill them on page 88

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
airt o wir local identity, an forms a huge pairt o da heritage o on page 10
rie wirds, so at de'll be twa forms fir twartree o da pronouns an on page 29
Shaetlan haes twa forms 'by': da unstressed bi (/bɪ/ on page 30
timate origin o da baith o da forms is da Proto-Germanic *bi 'by, on page 31
sion o - y), da Shaetlan - ie forms is sumtimes "fixed" tae - in on page 40
Also on pages 41, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 67, 72, 78, 80, 87, 94
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
etlandic, to give the varying forms of dialect a jarringly jargon
lect’ consists o ‘varying forms’. Da wird ‘dialect’ her
2 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
". Hit can come athin diffren forms, but you're very wint tae fin

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@iainnicol Yis indeed! Aa dis forms o Scots haes similarities wan(2021) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A shadow forms "where is the licht" on page 16

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
n ower my sight, The spectral forms come glamin', A shiver ower w (2018) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
there are slightly differing forms within counties/regions of Ul(2020) search twitter