A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lets Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 27.8 9 39.7 5.8 41.3 13.3
Number of occurrences7254 6 4 1 4 3
Number of authors42 26 6 3 1 3 3

Occurrences of lets in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
st it back there.' The lassie lets me go.. 'Ah joost, really lik on page 8
'HNNNNNNG!' Disco lets oot a mad grunt. on page 14

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ley mooth. When it's done, he lets his braith oot an sits back t on page 1

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
chap on her door, and she lets us in - on page 95

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e weiy wi' his stick. Then he lets oot a roar. on page 17

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
id faster and faster and then lets it go. Ye huv tae be dead str on page 104

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bit keepin yer wits aboot ye lets ye see things that the mainst on page 117
fer the simple reason that it lets them keep Trident far awa fae on page 128

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
He lets oot a big scream like a big f on page 76

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
tak a welcum saet, an if ei lets them on page 79

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Lets 'Hooray Henrys' heckle 'Gorba on page 152

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
s braw, said Mr Kranky. "That lets us ken exactly whit ye used. on page 76

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ae me,' said Heehaw. 'Naebody lets me ken aboot onythin. I mak i on page 140

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
h'm tellin ye, the internet _ lets the Devil intae yer hoose.' on page 46
hame. The Sacred Heart never lets me doon. on page 64

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ma loun - ma son's face? (lets oot a howl o grief) on page 35

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
er legs are sae convincin, he lets himsel be guyed throu the doo on page 9

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ite lie tellt til a bairn. He lets things be. on page 72

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
some geographical barrier at lets it frae spreidin. In Eurasia,
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
it keeps oot mair fowk as it lets in. Nothin pits ye aff a thin
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
f denial is even less sma. So lets mak it easy on oorsels. Let's
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
um ah fuck.’ ah sais, an he lets it go, slammin it back intae
the hoardin slams again as he lets it go. ‘Ye no comin wae me?
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ront ay me like a matador. It lets oot a boomin bark that rattle
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
terior ay the close instantly lets ye know yer in a mare affluen
Nora lets me oot an ah’m fuckin sure
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed that lesson the hard waiy, lets put it like that.
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Aw well, we tried. Mone, lets get oot ay here. This place i
an tails it, ‘Mone, Danny. Lets get tae fuck. Fuck these cunt
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Oor daily darg she lets us know;
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
But lets stert at the beginnin afore a

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
e that’s yaised fir holiday lets. Its three stories o grandeur
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
'al need tae see if the wife lets me buy them'. NAW if you want(2014) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@mccann_liz New day, lets kick it oot the park ! ??(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
Keyboard' fir yer phone - it lets ye choose Scots as a language(2019) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
if ye canne unerstaun me jist lets ken." (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
ing an Italian son-in-law who lets you raid the gardyveen and ch(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
alking away is for cowards - lets hope our fm disnae do the sam (2020) twitter link
@l_ronaldson lets get the wheels in motion n ba (2020) twitter link
onRousseau10 aye too right - lets go radio rental - ya bewty l (2020) twitter link
y can drink when they want so lets do the same - power 2 the pe (2020) twitter link
football clubs look at this n lets get this sorted (2020) twitter link
and 11 other occurrences.

Doric

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
stered an sare bit she nivver lets it get her doon, couldnae be on page 24

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sandy lets i'bairns rin i'stall on page 156

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Noo, fan somebody lets fa a remark lik that, ye dinn on page 14

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ivver hid a better chance, so lets hear fit
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
tyres ooto their hidiehole. "Lets bigg a boatie! A boatie!"
1 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
So lets a lift a glais te Scotland’
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
l fluent speaker bit he often lets her doon on page 55

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Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
anks fur that Jeck buey, noo, lets git back tae the runners who on page 86

1 matches

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
lets go
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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
ly if hit wis een o twartree (lets faes it, dey ay ir) an a sele
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A dug awake lets oot a bark on page 38
The gloaming gone lets out a sigh on page 47

2 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
His shantie ruif lets in the blue lift.
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@projecthawick tweeted
designed a cluster of holiday lets round about.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ye takkin houl o hïm, sae he lets oot a guldèr, an he taks a f on page 86

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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
project grants at lets curns bigg an' shew thair cap on page 40

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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
nes and airports. Hope Nicola lets me back owre the border :)(2020) search twitter

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