A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

licence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.3 10.6 9.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences3122 7 1 1 0 0
Number of authors21 12 7 1 1

Occurrences of licence 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

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ung the brick through the off-licence windae. I jist happened tae b on page 1

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
they get in Scotland fae the licence fee on Scottish programmin, s on page 50
Airtistic Licence on page 73

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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
legal tae buy guns withoot a licence, tho they were kind o expensi on page 104

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
mair than a junkie in an aff-licence. on page 57

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
even wi a wee bittie o poetic licence tackit oan. Bit no ill-hertit on page 16

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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the likes o me, caa artistic licence.”
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ibbes, ticht-reined Scots get licence tae pit the howes o their fee
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae shoot the hares wi’oot a licence fae August tae Februar wi nae
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
go straight tae their heid. A licence tae fuck wae aw an sundry in
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@Chazzbat tweeted
aur did ye obtain yer medical licence(?) ??(2020) search twitter
cause they see the badge as a licence tae dae whitiver they want wi(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the cripplingly expensive TV licence. They rely oan the charity mo(2020) search twitter
s World. I didnae withdraw my licence fee tae watch this tosh.(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
they'll gie me back ma drivin licence. This has tain THREE years. T (2021) twitter link
Jist had a letter fae the TV licence Mafia informin me that ah'm g(2021) search twitter
rrit tae pyin even mair for a licence.(2021) search twitter
the cripplingly expensive TV licence. They rely oan the charity mo(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
very body that disnae pay the licence - bankrupt the biased fecker (2020) twitter link
SportScot thats what u pay ur licence for lol (2020) twitter link
y o there chanels - n the tv licence is free - trust me lol - as (2020) twitter link
ldy n they kin stick there tv licence up there jacksie again - mon (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
young bobbie. Syne the drivin licence was handit ower; an they bait on page 79

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"At's only since ye loast yer licence." on page 51

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
on a business card an drivin licence) but neither faimily nor kin on page 118

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
attack. He hid a look at the licence, gaed his heid a
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
tae pey mair for a colour TV licence. Grunny is ticht-fisted, a de
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
aa excited kis ah thocht the licence had expired! https://t.co/vi6(2018) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@joao_kay No licence needed(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I sent aff fur me licence and I kept me mooth shut tigh on page 7

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hatever dey wantit fae da off licence. Bit naethin passes oonoticed on page 57

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