A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of generation in Corpus

Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
at sort o thing tae a younger generation. Suffice tae say Ah wis a bit on page 27

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ither fine scrievers o thair generation sic as T. M. Watson ir Victor on page 37

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
I'm gey shuir. The aulder generation maist likely kept it gaun lat on page 23

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
usement. Ach, eez fae another generation. In eez sixties noo, I hink. on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
gave folk fae here suttin ma generation never hud or wid even recogni on page 86
e wey ah did envy that aulder generation. It wisnae that they ever hud on page 89

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
her tung wuid be deid athin a generation. Yet aw ye hae tae dae is tak on page 65
its soul?) were o the aulder generation. Monie commentators nattert o on page 93
up the walth o the nation fae generation tae generation ken fine that on page 114

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
mak it wurk fir thi next generation. on page 51

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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
big dod o man he wis. A third generation docker, he stood six feet fow on page 57

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
generation that minds o gettin a poke th on page 7

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e seemed tae be a shift i the generation born efter aboot 1940, wi the on page 9

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - In Liverpool Cathedral, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Us o this generation 'at come on page 102

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Lord of the Flies, at ma ain generation was exposed tae at the schuil on page 56

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
o fower generation o landwart fowk. The scents o
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
an it threips that ilk human generation is mair mankie nor thaim that
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
The problem is that, wi each generation, we lose a bit mair o the lan
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ye seems ti perceive the last generation as somehou spaekin stranger S
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McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
eal o time oan Instagram. Fir generation Z, thon’s Tic Tok, but some
o the videos disnae move. Fir generation X, thon’s like Freens Reuni
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
��s milk – near awbody o ma generation – an inlat tae contreebute
tho o coorse, wi ilka passin generation less an less o the leeterar S
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Catholic, sae that ‘ithin a generation a majority o residenters is l
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eminists, academics and a new generation o audiences. It wis gien mair
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
an mair watered doon wi ilka generation.
bular reinge alang wi a risin generation o young fowk wi a mair educat
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
, an bein fund bi, a hale new generation o readers. The tale o Lazarus
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Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
at ayeweys revered the aulder generation wis mair nor fowk could thole
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ee fowk o aw ages. The aulder generation weel representit tho we war a
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
As bairns o that generation, we kent oor mithers an faith
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it is sae mony bairns o this generation ar shawin signs o cairryin ow
help but think we war a lucky generation. The anely caur owner in oor
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
born caurie dukit an fae the generation whaur this wis a faut tae be
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
hrough the same as a lot o ma generation at the schule – the confusi
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
gin. For “auld anes” o ma generation, it is, as I said, gey herten
y hertenin, tae see a younger generation cairryin on the guid fecht fo
disnae tak them as lang as ma generation did tae see real progress.
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The ecstasy generation hud arrived an wis ongoin. Th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Phil believes that nane o her generation "....can draw to save yur blo
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
nglish teacher, owre the past generation or thereaboots, things chynge
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Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a generation
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
every new generation,
every generation
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rse. Gin she had been saicont generation, she wad gotten id in the Amn
n the Amnesty, bit as a first generation illegal, she cudna, e’en th
��They must be into the third generation,” agreed Beatrice. She shru
cious circle oO breedin a new generation o oppressors.”
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
um has galvanised a political generation. An independent state o mind
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e mak it accessible tae a new generation.
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@FaetheRye tweeted
ued up than mony o the aulder generation! (2022) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
ndyLive_Isles Handed doon fae generation tae generation Marion... As m (2023) twitter link

@iainnicol tweeted
nder wisna a foundin memmer o Generation Yes.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ameras. It's the 'look at me' generation. The same thing when yer loca (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
e bother commin back wi thon "Generation" pish, we ne'er saed thon. ht (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
night but it felt like a full generation gap when a found out she didn (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
od hid a silver linin an ilky generation looks back on the past on page 95

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
'Rat Pack' generation on page 9

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Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
wi stories aboot the younger generation. Within her wark, there is na on page 5

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
, tee. We hae second an third generation Scots in America and Canada e on page 111

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he scummy, drooned midden o a generation that kent the price o aathin
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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
ital wi engage wi the youngir generation an encourage them te use thei
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Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
t means that there’s a hale generation o bairns, an young adults, fa
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@72redz1903 tweeted
challenge tae the Dons. Next generation are nae gan tae be drawn tae (2022) twitter link
b at ‘socialising’ the next generation wi DNA Junior - great work a (2022) twitter link
e/polity will be for the next generation tae refine. (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Each generation man help da neist een ta be on page 19

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
gotten smerter idda hindmaist generation. Dis shift is affen blemt ap� on page 10

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
heel’. Hit wid juist tak ee generation o bairns ta establish leetera
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Southern

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
e o' the slaughter of a whole generation of folk, no se much aulder th
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@StuartPoet tweeted
no been mental in weel owre a generation. An schuils can be reprimandi(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
d everywhere nae matter which generation! Fae ma experiences, a can se(2020) search twitter
ago which signifies fir ‘A’ generation ago! Whit a fud, he is! ????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Wi oor Hill Billie generation on page 60

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ie a wickit an an adultérous generation wud luk fer a yull miraclis s on page 9

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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Great to see and hear a generation of young fowk giein a heft ta(2020) search twitter