A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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north-east Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 11.3 36.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences4622 24 0 0 0 0
Number of authors19 10 9

Occurrences of north-east in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
oss tae be seen, jist tae the north-east o whaur the remains o the bro on page 15
oil rigs that cam fae the far north-east. Ane o them, an auld pal, wis on page 74

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ballads o the Borders an the North-East, as weel as a heritage o sang on page 9

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
t is part of fa we are in the north-east. It is part of our culture an
ritage. It is the folk of the north-east. I am absolutely proud tae be
and bred and brocht up in the north-east, but they are nae spikkin Dor
among their ain folk. In the north-east that is kent as spikkin pan l
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ng of the sun, and ran to the north-east, having at the end thereof as
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
at Scott’s writin on ‘The North-East Review’ an follaes throu bi
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Burns's Standard Habbie or in North-East Doric or in demotic Weegie or
nglish - fake bampot! Tak the North-East: wha speaks the best Doric? I
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
s’ drive intae Scotland’s North-East.
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Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Ma mither wis fae the North-East o Skye. A clachan cried Stens
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ance wis a line linkin aa the North-East tae the rest o Scotland, but
lowsed aff the thrapple o the North-East.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
vow tae the fisherfolk o the North-East: they wad be oot o the Common
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
nts: sic as ‘een’, in the north-east Scots dialect o Doric.
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ach, the contested hert o the North-East. Ma interviewee luiked absolu
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
in meanin tae refer anely tae north-east Scots.
air landwart airts sic as the north-east and the Northern Isles. It is
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@LairnScots tweeted
'Scots in the North-East is baith a formal leid... an (2020) twitter link
o adopts the Doric dialect of North-East Scots for his character.' Kay (2018) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ablished local writers - the North-East Makar Sheena Blackhall, poet on page 9

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
moo te disagree, bit in true North-east tradition, nae wintin te draa on page 7
at wi keep the language o the North-east alive an kickin." on page 8
romunce at's inherent in the North-east maan: an inbuilt aversion te on page 28
At's the North-east bodie's droll, dry wit; . on page 32
Ere''s ae thing at the North-east bodie jist canna thole - an on page 33
Also on pages 58, 74
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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
nished world o fairmin in the North-east afore the War. Bit she played on page 94

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
bring a new prosperity to the north-east'; 'breathe new life into a st on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ozen te the marra bi aat caal North-east win. on page 21
fir praise, displayin typical North-east reserve, the pride wis ere fi on page 78

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Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
aboot aathin that folk in the North-east war involved wi. Some say par on page 5

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
i a hairt o gold an a typical North-east nae-nonsense attitude te life on page 28

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Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
±ïœ·ïœ° Doric: the dialect of North-East Scotland absurd, bizarre, and
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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
tae lose THEM fae wir idyllic North-East corner, wid we?
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
hows that in mony areas o the North-East maist fowk spik Scots.
1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
thankfu fir ma upbringin in a North-east fairmin community. It wis a s
s hiv changed – folk in the North-east dinna bide in the same place
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Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
in the middle o naewey in the North-East o Scotland is the birds. If y
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
tae help the hameless in the North-East, an beyond, ower the past few
mony fowk fae roond aboot the North-East nou see them fa ar bidin on t
wa residential centres in the North-East for fowk fa ar strugglin, is
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