Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

harder	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	18.8	17.6	16.4	39.7	40.7	20.7	8.9
Number of occurrences	61	35	11	4	7	2	2
Number of authors	40	23	7	3	3	2	2

Occurrences of harder in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
t kinna thing: it wis a sicht harder tae act on thae words. on page 59

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
uet business wis an awfy loat harder than it looked. on page 82

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Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
roceedin tae piss hersel even harder. As wur huddin each other ah on page 36

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah go a wee bit harder, harder than ah've hud tae so far wi on page 13
She ignores me even fuckin harder, feelin aboot in the grass pu on page 18

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
akin her look bad. Makin life harder. But this time he'd tried get on page 1

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
oun there nou dwallt somethin harder an deeper than the grief he f on page 33

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Habits die harder than onyhin else, on page 17

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tine. The maire ah drink, the harder it aw seems tae git. And the on page 78
Ma Granny coulda hit that baw harder ya fat usless cunt, git yur e on page 106
"Please dinnae make this any harder than it needs tae be, Bruce" on page 158

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
but it's harder ti on page 30

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
st don't know whether tae try harder or gie up. Sometimes yi jist on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
isten here, Isla. Ah've hud a harder life than the lot o ye put ta on page 28

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Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
is hard wrocht for - an even harder tae pairt wi! But Auld Craig on page 17

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
o peat. Oan harder grund, he heeled the grip on page 112

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
hae aw men's equal richts Nae harder job tae wumman is in sight. on page 40

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
h trauchle, ah'll mak it even harder on ye. There's a mad mental b on page 18

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Its braes are jist a thochty harder
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
e in Scots. It'd be that much harder wioot her.
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
e mair we write in Scots, the harder it’ll be for ithers tae say
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
k next week, but it's getting harder a' the time. Maybe we'll be t
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ndescendin arsehole. Must try harder.
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’d a hard life—and it wis harder than she could o ever underst
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
en said that she had tae work harder daein’ prep in College than
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
thing. She wis just makin it harder fur us aw tae move oan, fur S
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
on. Aifter that he wis chased harder than ivver.
the wind o chainge blew even harder . Before the year wis ower the

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
Nae harder job to mortals has been gi’
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Haddow, Kris On Times Austere, (words.krishaddow.com 2012) Central, poetry
Should e’er ye fa’ on harder times,
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@billykayscot tweeted
n tae mak that worth bein/nae harder job tae mortals has been gien(2020) search twitter
n tae mak that worth bein/Nae harder job tae mortals has been gien(2020) search twitter
kay Lug worm - theyre even harder tae remove ??(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
y Naw. Ah wish Ah'd frolicked harder, longer, an mair often.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e me an Ronalt. Sum lad's wis harder tae chap up nor ither lad's, on page 50

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Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
files Winter dunts me harder ilka year. on page 10

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
the sairer it wis jobbit, the harder it pulled doon its tail, an d on page 51

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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
esent, wid seem tae me muckle harder tae swalla in a wheen cases t
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
g, garrin him sook the win in harder an quicker tae win ony puff a
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
he wee charges, it wis aa the harder on them fin they war left ahi
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ext treasure. It’s a bittie harder to get this een oot the grun:
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
harder-wirkin wheel the length an br
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
up thon loon Sinclairs erse harder thin a BrokeBackyBrae ootta(2018) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
uably passing fae the back is harder than passing in the midfield (2022) twitter link
evels card - training them harder at this point in the season w (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The harder ye dance, the longer hid'll l on page 31

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
So I pack'd me feet doon harder, till we nearly start tae fle on page 8

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The harder ye dance the longer hid'll le on page 157

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@HJosephineGiles tweeted
you, yer gonnae have to work harder at betrayal if u want tae be (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
An noo somethin dat wis even harder ta tak inda weemin comin wi a on page 153

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Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
est bairn, is finnin it a bit harder ta settle in. Shü's therteen on page 9
in aesily tae da toon, it wis harder ta mak a livin, an finally da on page 15
o da snow. Jeemie fan da goin harder an harder, till finally he he on page 60
l lat me tell you dis, dir no harder wirkin fokk onywye, da men aa on page 73

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
maks gettin oot o bed dat bit harder ??(2021) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Agen @Ulster_Scots Indeed no. Harder tae dae it virtually but need (2020) twitter link

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ch95 Aye but huv tae manifest harder to empower yersel!? ????????(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It hits harder whin spirits ir' low. on page 48

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Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
So he feasted the harder
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