A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of meanin in Corpus

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
this Glaswegian Alice has the meanin ae the original, but casts it on page vii
"Well, if there's nae meanin in it," said the King, "that' on page 119

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
hing, it wad be mindit later, meanin evidence! For a handlin like on page 135
e the tap yin..." he soumed, "Meanin she cairries her keys in her on page 138

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
. For least his wark has some meanin. Whan he lichts his lamp, it on page 50
He didna tak my meanin, an he answert: on page 77

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
the Eaglet. "I dinnae ken the meanin o hauf thae muckle words, an on page 26
"Gif there's nae meanin in it," said the King, "that on page 44

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Ian speirt, "I ken whit ye're meanin aboot Yakcam but whit's wrang on page 26

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pective, whit Reid says aboot meanin an sincerity an roots maks se on page 36

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ae animal in England kens the meanin o happiness or leisure efter on page 6

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
stie o the need tae warstle a meanin frae a text an that ither lei on page vii

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
really lookin fur the deeper meanin in ma chat. on page 3

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
arkets, an the sink is bulky, meanin ye cannae git right in 'ae lo on page 2
ows ur drawn, eyes narrowed...meanin...somethin. on page 3

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
a negotiation surroundin its meanin in relation tae the uiss o En on page 9

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
and cryed this kinrik Alba - meanin 'the Gaelic kinnik in Albion' on page 40

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 102 - Stirling Brig, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
meanin 'brave, bold nor fuilhairdy'. on page 49

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a memory. Ah kin tell yae the meanin ae love. But what ah'm ah gon on page 23
respect. And by that ah'm no meanin they aw hud some natural abil on page 87

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
She didnae think Matilda wis meanin tae tell a lie. It wis mair l on page 166

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Wha seek meanin on page 193

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
articklarly in the media. The meanin is simple: naethin cin be und on page 35
reich they must hae kennt its meanin) - hid tattoos theirsels. Th on page 97
things as gas an electricity (meanin prices are aye gangin upwards on page 137
r austerity as they cry it - meanin puir fowk'll suffer even mair on page 146

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
lkane an hence tae the modern meanin. Sae, by ma lichtis oo hae a on page 59

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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
e the battle Calgacus, a name meanin The Swordsman, held a meetin on page 13
me fae 'gaban', a French ward meanin a sleeved an hoodit cloak an on page 16
men in their jute factories, meanin that in mony faimlies the wif on page 50

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
apart fae jist orange itsel (meanin the fruit or the colour). on page 69
don't think she took ma full meanin, but ah didnae know how tae p on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rt nouns an verbs that gied a meanin on page 120

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
metime the less than braw (no meanin yer maw). Sae thare afore me on page ix
Meanin not a poke o chips o Ayreshir on page 105
Meanin life, watter, medicine, care, on page 134

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
, if the Doric/Northeast fit (meanin 'whit') is waled than it wad on page 12
sed like the Soothron 'thou', meanin 'you', whan addressin a body on page 28
ce-name elements (sic as brae meanin 'hillside' or burn meanin 'st on page 53

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
he started flappin his hands, meanin I should tell Big Tam whaur w on page 27

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'I'm no meanin yersel, Christopher Robin. Ye on page 11
'A different yin. But the meanin wis the same. It's awfie quee on page 73
, aye,' said Rabbit, 'but I'm meanin later than that. Hae ye seen on page 78
mphie - tae the Educated, no meanin Poohs and Wee Grumphies, it's on page 82
e lowped if Pooh hadna, wioot meanin tae, been sittin on maist o h on page 109

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
it wis a shock fur him ye wir meanin! Weel, coorse it wis that. Na on page 59

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
nemes and morphemes, that hae meanin tae the fowk that unnerstaun on page 3

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whit ir ye meanin on page 28

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
st tense, etc.) or wi anither meanin and unnerline that tae. This on page 14
est definition. Sma nuances o meanin micht be missed. Ower muckle on page 15
uness is identifyin nuances o meanin or for providin the best poss on page 17

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
'It's a French wird meanin a by-nem. Takkin bets on the on page 59

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ae the Greek word asteroeides meanin 'like a starn'- rocks o sindr
min aff sindry pairts o Ceres meanin that it maun hae a gey thin a
eginal in the auld Greek word meanin 'weirin lang hair' acause tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
sounin like "haa" or "haw" - meanin, accordin tae the Concise Sco
e the same idea - "saughton" meanin somethin alang the lines o "t
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
� beta service — ‘beta’ meanin it's no athoot fauts an flaws
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
efix bein taen fae the Greek, meanin "throu") is a soond that, tho
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
eaf’ aften his a dífferent meanin than ‘deaf’. But ma insti
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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
The meanin o the cairn built at Glenore.
The meanin o the cairn built at Glenore,
The meanin o the cairn built at Glenore.
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
a term uised in anthropology, meanin that whan a species has aince
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
due needna hae ony poleetical meanin whitsomiver. Kennin the Scots
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Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
aa leein, the intelligentsia, meanin the likes o me, caa artistic
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
— a wird taen frae Hinduism meanin a kythin o God or gods on thi
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
. Illustrative o the original meanin is a quote fae Dumfries scrie
This is a fascinatin wird, meanin ‘magic, enchantment, witchc
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
reen dot o’ a sticker on it meanin it’s no reserved, and A let
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Meanin o Life
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
es fae the Roman nemme Picti, meanin “pentit people”, which ha
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Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
grawth o aboot 450,000 fowk, meanin that in 2022 jist mair nor 72
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
otion o language the notion o meanin. Statements made in baith oor
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
f everythin we did had actual meanin?
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
et on ah didnae fully get her meanin… "Ah, but, it's no a proble
i it helped me unnerstaun the meanin o the wirds. Forby, it helped
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
idnae like. Ah didnae ken the meanin o the wird 'RAGE' until the r
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
es o symbols, wha’s literal meanin is tint tae us nou, that ar u
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
ey tae care for it and gie it meanin is tae write in it.
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
t let the wurds mak their ain meanin, let them gang tae they quaet
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ots-speakers that the English meanin o Oor Wullie is "Our Willie".
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah reflect fleetingly oan its meanin, an ultimately it’s futilit
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
, son.’ ah sais tae him, no meanin tae sound dictatorial but at
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
” suggestit ri brur's burd. Meanin' she wis efter wan 'ursel. A
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ae animal in Britain kens the meanin o happiness or easedom efter
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
yces o the deid,” he sayed, meanin only that he wis tribblet.
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Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
The true meanin o Xmas, huz been lang lost so
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ature o representation or the meanin o autonomy. It’s jist a han
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
he constituency vote i Glesca meanin they didna get list saets the
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nly amang the ither pairties, meanin the SNP can tak the saets on
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
schuil an aften dinna ken the meanin o common words fund in thair
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
y suin, tells hou the English meanin o Wojtek frae the Slavonic Wo
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e the French word, hacquenee, meanin, a horse that could be hired.
‘Listen Steve, I’ve been meanin to talk to ya.’
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
SSE is rhotic, meanin that ‘r’ soonds in the mi
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
A gey flittable item o syntax meanin ‘in addition’, ‘moreove
An adjective whase meanin is gey trauchlesome tae captu
” – a fair hantle o whase meanin we maun but tyne in the flit
�I doubt’) – but tyne the meanin entirely. It’s siccarly ane
‘ootwi’ – mair ablow), meanin ‘ootside o’ or ‘ayont�
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
t o the fack that this double meanin is present in ither European
mple, the verb ‘tae wein’ meanin ‘tae jalouse, think, doot,
�; the adjective ‘traist’ meanin ‘leal, faithfu, trustwirthy
e’, and the noun ‘tein’ meanin ‘sufferin, dree, trauchle�
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
bbe 12th o July hus a special meanin tae ye? Mibbe nae?

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
s briogais: fae Scots breeks, meanin troosers.
nd fremmit-makkin Scots wirds meanin “Irish”.
hale, but has noo nairraed in meanin tae refer anely tae north-eas
“Lowlands”) has a saicont meanin o “alien/fremmit”. This t
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
illykayscot but forbye wi the meanin o tae ignore, tae nae tak ten(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@AUOBNOW WABBIT .... meanin very tired and weary and OXTE (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
raither nor the direck clarty meanin o mockit.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
up, acause Ah anely ken this meanin: https://t.co/DUKjBJX7n9(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Ayeways yaised thi wurd stoat meanin a donder or stroll. We wid go (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an raivelt an his pal's weel-meanin advice wis bangin aboot in hi on page 62
ot te dee - an Ah'm nae jist meanin Mam's things. Ah think it's t on page 80

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the meanin on page 15

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An 'ese memories loss aa meanin on page 109
An ye micht jist see I' meanin o' within on page 124

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t's a richt muckle hushloch o meanin tae gie ae wird," Ailice said on page 83
e the hous" said cuttie-like, meanin at they war forwannert, ye ke on page 85

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e the battlements, "Fit's the meanin o this? Fa's there? An fit th on page 88
ttgenstein. Ah hope Ah mak mi meanin clear?" on page 89

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
the cooncil. A broon sign, meanin tae Jonsar Eck, it wid lead t
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
auld name 'Hen-Hoose' tint aa meanin fin the slums wiz bulldozed b
vin donor. It gied a hale new meanin tae the auld spikk, "close in
the auld fowk," she telt him, meanin, he jaloused, in the hyne-awa
ial divide nae langer hid ony meanin, fur aa the airts war ayeweys
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ar taucht tae unnerstaund the meanin ahint nutritional information
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Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
wis worse than his. meanin,
meanin, she didnae
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
against the law!’ only half meanin it, though. Aifter that coupl
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Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
ry en the fergie time hid nae meanin

@d_anderson878 tweeted
n Doric we hae job fir aither meanin, wi context bein aw. Graan fi(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
here is a word hame-drauchtit meanin drawn tae hame, an hairt-hung (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
tary distribution atween dem, meanin at de'r certain kinds o combi on page 28
Hit's a oppen class o wirds, meanin hit's aisy tae mak new nouns. on page 46
sed class o functional wirds, meanin dey hae little semantic conte on page 51
�k on a different grammatical meanin at's still reflected in Shaet on page 67
e. verbs at doesna hae muckle meanin i demsels on page 88
Also on pages 102, 103
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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
'Press Hame' emptied o their meanin. on page 88
fur meanin, ta trive trowe tick an tin, on page 108

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De Luca, Christine Gaet-markers, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
trivvels for meanin, an we glinder
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Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
ary Magazine. Now, A’m been meanin ta send tae dim fur a start.
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
lect’ haes inherent in hits meanin da idee o non-standardness -
at’s a mistak, caase muckle meanin big is never oesed predicativ
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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
enoff ??didna ken aboot blate meanin shy tho, yun's a göd een(2019) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
for onie ae spoken leid. The meanin is the meanin o the pictogram on page 5

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
ize up an leive oot the richt meanin o its consait:
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
hae tint thair meanin awthegither nou,
She speirs at me the meanin
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
islee is o Anglo Saxon origin meanin
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
happy salmon, A happy salmon, meanin; a positive and cheerful pers(2020) search twitter
huv gae tae understandin its meanin... as ye mentioned the simila(2020) search twitter
t mates, we use to say *Kapo* meanin; we cannae trust ane within u(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha meanin o tha parable on page 82
meanin o tha parable: Tha seed ïs t on page 83
tha thïngs he sayed, for tha meanin wus hïd frae thaim, an the' on page 101
ee an axt: "Whut then ïs tha meanin o thïs Scrïpture: on page 103

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Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
ae hae kinnae forgot tha rale meanin o tha hale thing.
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Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
o these boords made up o weel meanin beins wha widnae know Ullans
ue. Sae mae plea tae mae weel meanin freens an Ullans lovers dinna
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@the_gellick tweeted
eless sic as thrawn, an dyke (meanin waa). (2014) twitter link
ulders oot, then explains the meanin o it! (2015) twitter link
Ever hear "across The Sheuch" meanin Scotland @Lagganeer ? (2015) twitter link
is a bonnie Ulster Scots wurd meanin gloamin! (2014) twitter link