A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

likin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.1 13.4 19.6 0 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4226 13 0 0 1 2
Number of authors31 22 7 1 2

Occurrences of likin in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
No likin the yin on page 68

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
o her ken, or no juist ti her likin, the ither side o her naitur on page 17

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I shoud hae jaloused the hert-likin that lay ahint her puir wee p on page 33

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
e o the poker-pynt is tae yer likin. A'm ower here, Dobson, no oo on page 22

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ited her fine, Drew Donald no likin her. Some folk's approval she on page 1

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ps. Bit its nae tae aabodie's likin.' on page 14

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ms huv too many rights fur ma likin" he says, before he continues on page 38

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie couldna help no likin his Grannie. She wis a grabbi on page 2

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
holdin oot much hope fur hur likin it. She always said that when on page 30

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
for a bittie ye end up quite likin it. Or the first time ye get on page 27

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ebook, and you wurnae slow in likin the bloody status!' on page 33

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
m bein uised wi it aa but the likin for the souch o the ferm-toun on page 21

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
hairt-likin no deep, ay, licht'll be the on page 19

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
st she cam tae shawin me hert-likin wis a weet slavery smacker ri on page 118

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ti ma likin wes the former, at luikit til on page 9

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
She stracked its heid agane. Likin the feel o the fur.
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ed. “A bittie dreich for ma likin, but it shaws talent.”
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
smiley that you couldnae help likin them. But wan thing bothered
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ouple. The aipple tree wisnae likin this at aa and slapped her ha
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Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’ wae too much force fir ma likin’.
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
the fremmit Creative Scotland likin fur unco-leukin Scots orthogr
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
map o Scotland, weill tae the likin o SNP supporters:
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
dos kickin aboot there fur ma likin.
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@Chazzbat tweeted
llers Bass is too bony fer ma likin. Ah cannae bear bones or skin(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
r ma loon. Efter yon A taen a likin for the John Barleycorn an he on page 98

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Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ma!" Ah say, even though Ah'm likin it fine. on page 96

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
estit an affrontit Jinny, nae likin the wye at the convirsation w on page 35

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah smiled it Missus Reed, likin aa her fine smells an bonny c on page 64

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Se foo'r ye likin ess new hoose, than, Dottie?" on page 20

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n the ither side mair tae his likin. Bit na, nae a bit o't. . "Oh on page 86

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ns. He hid a greenin fur hert-likin tae, gin he wis honest, fur t
, neither – bit I've taen a likin tae ye an I can weel jalouse
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Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d speir at him ‘Wid ye be likin a daad o clootie dummmplin Ac
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r wifie hid books mair tae my likin, so I’d a gweed raik among
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Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
ar was at its height ah wisna likin this one bit ah niver had bre
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@Franwella tweeted
Likin th bru-jet advert.......numpt(2011) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
weans an mithers an faithers likin ma new book, it's aw aboot ke(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
inah. A think yae micht tak a likin tae cats, if yae seen hir. Sh on page 22

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@the_gellick tweeted
o leids an tongues. You're no likin the juxtaposition o 1916 in U (2014) twitter link

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