A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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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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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
ell oan their swords fur this generation before. And ah hink it's only on page 141

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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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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ulture an' empooerin the nex' generation tae add tae hit. on page 6
generation an' tae forder excellence. Th on page 13
bring the cummin generation alang. We hae tae heft monie on page 18
generation fit tae add tae hit. Thon wul on page 23
* Incum generation fae projects. on page 26
Also on pages 27
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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
Great to see and hear a generation of young fowk giein a heft ta(2020) search twitter