A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

freely Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 12.2 1.5 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2824 1 2 1 0 0
Number of authors23 19 1 2 1

Occurrences of freely in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aid Tam. 'Noo tae start wi, A freely admit A wis wrang. A thocht i on page 49

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ey mostly move aboot the town freely. A tidy is a tidy, after aw - on page 23

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the tongue A yaize cin depend freely on the themes an topics A'm a on page 40

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e disciples o Christ preachin freely the Word o God.' on page 24
o the common folk tae worship freely as it pleased the Lord, the k on page 33

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
is meant fur you, each lungfu freely gied. on page 89

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
iety o organisations, an gied freely o his time tae pensioners' gr on page 4

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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
When each his glass did freely drain on page 113

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
hat the bird wearied tae flee freely. But the nichtingale wis that on page 101

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
boot the Daurk Ages is ye can freely mak the hale thing up, includ on page 19

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
under the circumstances; bit, freely admittin at thon was fairly s on page 56

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McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
(freely based on Arthur Rimbaud's int on page 63

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
a vernacular: chynges flowein freely athin a group o langage varie
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cts athin Second Life, can be freely bocht an selt ower the wab (w
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
in "no candle for Scots", she freely awned that when she stertit t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
he wis kent, cuid write mair freely an anonymously this wey aboot
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ithers tak freely
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Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
representatives freely waled.
y hes the richt tae tak pairt freely in the cultural life o the co
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ved the warld tae a seistem o freely tradable currencies i 1971, i
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
yr the best loves ur the yins freely given.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
on forms faur mair widely and freely nor in English.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ookin bags. While others walk freely, empty handed. Several folk a
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@LairnScots tweeted
Scots at schuil but spoke it freely at hame. The inclusion o Scot (2019) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ment, tae limit the wye fowks freely stravaiged aroon the kintra.
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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
freely given. on page 123

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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
the above stop ye fae postin freely though! No wantin tae restric

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
lead walkies since March. He freely enjoyed many sniffings and I (2020) search twitter