A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

offers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.4 18.5 13.6 69.6 29.1 20.7 0
Number of occurrences5936 9 7 5 2 0
Number of authors33 19 7 2 4 1

Occurrences of offers in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lation this vile fact ae life offers is ma knowledge that it's jis on page 60
in puss and his annoyin mooth offers an even maire annoyin "Hello. on page 115

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Maist gemme steids offers faceelities for pittin player on page 54

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Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ast letter brocht in a puckle offers o pages for SLRC wabsite, so on page 87

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
teran skreivar Douglas Kynoch offers us a memorable pictur o ferm- on page 5

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
u and me, I'm open tae better offers. on page 17

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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
That's whaur anither offers fauldin gowd pince-nez on page 43

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
pedia's Manual of Style (MoS) offers the follaein innin: on page 9
rteeclar dialect ava. The DSL offers a twa-leid 'Concise English-S on page 51
the Centre for the Scots Leid offers a fouth o resources for ony S on page 53

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
or Hughie canna get a job; he offers him yin, labourin like, nothi on page 39

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Maist gemme steids offers faceelities for pittin player on page 54

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
reets, homes, and passageways offers a truly unique five-star visi on page 9

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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
ngs. The rest o this airticle offers a puckle o examples o weys th on page 16

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
it tae think ava, but raither offers the inlat for a body tae tak on page 132

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
e cums afore hir, e'en tho he offers hir a pairl (an element o pat on page 138
deil takkin hir maik), whilk offers him a remeid for his radgiene on page 139

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Saicont than, whan material offers, as herein wi oor lenthie wal on page 4

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
David Purdie offers us a vairsion o 'The Declarat on page 7

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
sell adverteesin an fine-tuin offers o guids an services.
inder end Google’s services offers sicna ease o uiss that mony f
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tradeitional walth o the leid offers mony weys tae embellish Scots
iarmid famously pit it, Scots offers: “a vast unutilised mass of
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Seegnal an Cabellero’s wark offers the maist likely quittance o
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sinesses (www.nbhorizons.com) offers services tae gie ithers a hau
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
apparent leader ay the group offers a hauf arsed smile an ushers
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ighers the gither an goat two offers fur Uni, optin tae go tae Cal
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
apped in its gless prison. He offers it oot tae us. ‘Gies that!
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
her’s deif,” he signs, an offers tae convoy her back til her w
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@alistairdunn tweeted
aw and released, then mccoist offers him another trial? embarrassi(2014) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
homelesshorse Keep the heid! *offers Bee some chamomile brownies* (2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
eresDaibhi Aw a hink they dae offers 2 time a munf! So ers aways g(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
oot aw that Glesga University offers in supportin folk in the lair (2019) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cellent live streams the club offers - and others too - eos fitb (2020) twitter link
re am gettin plenty invites n offers n huv a game for 2 nite sorte (2020) twitter link
the trump/biden set 2 - the offers there mr newman lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ginal features. Must be seen. Offers. Tel. 01651 782815. on page 71

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
tour. The Jameson Distillery offers veesitors a chyce o daein a w on page 8
tural beauty, the opera hoose offers a place for fowk tae climb up on page 16

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
rams weir aff him. Whyles, he offers tae sheet me. It's jist his w on page 51

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ellence senior phase, the SQA offers twa courses, the Scottish Stu
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
, priggin wi them tae bide wi offers o mair neeps an coal...bit it
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a sweel. She’d rejected the offers though. Her father hid teen a
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
rvices in village Post Office offers range i' computer services wh(2017) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
s on the blink and the lassie offers me dry breed with a bit of ha(2016) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm hardly snowed under wi offers and ah'm weel past me 'Sell b on page 42
id a sniff in a decade and he offers tae pay me as weel! on page 43

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
. Darling's haep o sorries an offers o credit is as gabsie as Astr on page 47
w - jeust the sam thraets an offers tae thieves an arbitraetors, on page 74
ty sheu disno. Sheu smiles an offers twatree wirds tae seem sheu's on page 95
ance, an naen o the joy. Sheu offers tae help an gits a piece tae on page 155

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
tives an inflections Orcadian offers. Hid gars ye write in Orcadia
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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
neist me offers a plate o green figs. on page 50
fur da wye o hit, but nane offers tae. on page 69

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
writers turn to it because it offers a refuge for linguistic indiv
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Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
for da last twartree days an offers a variety o flavours tae sook
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
te to live on an island which offers da merest chance o spottin a (2016) search twitter

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Raisin hir een til his, she offers him
Ma maid is that donnert, she offers
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