A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6 6.9 0 9.9 17.4 0 7.7
Number of occurrences2014 0 1 3 0 2
Number of authors11 7 1 1 2

Occurrences of ly 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

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
'? Think oan it cos ye'll lik'ly huv seen this in action ten t on page

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
How much mair paralysin'ly weird could I be really? on page 3

3 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
At nicht Ah wuid ly thaur in the daurk shaddaes o on page 11

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k a gorilla; ah think she wis ly though, ah think she's probly on page 94

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
it is common tae evite the - ly ending for adverbs (for an in on page 25

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
ly A dae aw the work.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ed it, in case ma increasin’ly shakin’ han’s discharged
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
gie short work o’ ony faim'ly wha didnae send a faither or
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
d Scott had been painstakin’ly removin’ it. He had feenish
o’ me! The group sucessfu’ly descended the river an’ at
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
’ them, bit we, increasin’ly, sterted tae get younger stud
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And thoo his a faim'ly o thee own. on page 28

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
-ly: ruckly 'uneven' (ruckel + - on page 43
bs is wint tae be formed wi - ly in on page 77

3 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Noo the summer time is luv'ly on page 47

1 matches

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
er cheese I think they'd prob'ly die
1 matches

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