A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

official Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.4 30.4 6 9.9 29.1 10.3 35.4
Number of occurrences7960 4 1 5 1 8
Number of authors37 24 4 1 4 1 3

Occurrences of official in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
McMahon, official scourger tae the districk, on page 66

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n go on our way. It wisnae an official thing, yir just fae that area on page 23
It's official. Danny, Finnegan n Wee Kenzie on page 49

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ignature in order tae make it official that Bruce is nae longer mine on page 160

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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
. Nou at this time the King's official bannerman, that had the duty on page 20

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wis haudin whit looked lik an official puni. on page 28
me, said Charlene. Yi got an official puni, ah said. Aye, she said, on page 29
mine, she said, It's fae the official Stramash fan club. on page 77
Cause me an Nicola are in the Official Stramash Fan Club an she know on page 115
This-is whit the official press release that Stramash's on page 169

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
writin, in private, public an official spheres. on page 21

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Strauss said, "cause it's official business, ken. But whit it bi on page 36
a judge. Wance she signed the official document, the waddin wid be l on page 144
e, sic as yersel, and sign an official document. And aw o youse" - on page 146

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
r in which tae haud forrit wi official business. Naw, Ah mean fur ta on page 4

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Some heich official micht he be on page 98

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Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
who wiz Mr Flowers, A Council Official, nae less). She did pit oan t
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
tak in either dialects o the official leid(s) o the State nor leids
continue tae be the official leids o the Pairlament, tho B
he need for Scots tae be gien official status an
3 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
rt, though it doesnae hae the official status o Welsh or English in
Withoot ony inbidin leid bein official, English is the de facto leid
n atween. Scots wis yince the official leid o the royal Scottish cou
ent. In the 17th century, its official use stopped when the court mo
Scots disnae get the official recognition an support o Gael
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
Official Scots Registers ower the year
aw maun shuirly be the first official owersettin o a government rep
t intae Scots. The innermaist official documents tae be written in S
icht be guid tae see whit the official register o the leid wis like
4 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
n o makkin siccar Gaelic is a official leid o Scotland garrin equal
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
uf o’ them dinnae look very official, either, so yer nivver share
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
yaird in Leith, there wis nae official tea-brek for the men that war
the tea-brek wisnae gien ony official staunnin bi the management.
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
realm - when scrievin awthin official, when sayin onythin important
cots spikkers, but for aw the official yins, they're forced tae repr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
whaure'er onybody can see the official sign (see Scots version ablow
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cretar o the UK comatee o the official European Bureau of Lesser Use
addit that there shuid be an official leet o European languages wha
distinction drawn atween the official languages an the regional or
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
level o bield an micht be the official language in a neibourin kintr
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
shoot (but bampot isnae an ‘official’ word ah’m guessin’). A
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
idn’t hear anything through official channels?”
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
comin this Scots version o an official document. Ower the lest year
leids that gets provision for official maitters sic as votin is a ne
2 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
“Scots is the official name for the dialects of Scot
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ome the saicont pairty an the official opposition, pushin Labour doo
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
bidin in Scotland. Amang the official Yes campaign groups there wis
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
t strang. Sustained by films, official propaganda, a cultivatit sens
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
pellin an there is nae strick official national staundart. As a resu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e acknowledges in a number of official documents that Scots is a lan
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
Official Status No Eneuch For Leids
ign tae hae Irish Gaelic gien official status athin the EU an aw its
. She didna think that gittin official status wad be the salvation o
around you. But making it an official language doesn't bring you a
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
t rebel preachers an the last official martyr tae the Cause.

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
s hae, in fack, kythit in the Official Report o the Scottish Pairlia
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
guys - and no comment on the official in charge of the game (2020) twitter link
sociation and mind n name the official who was in charge - meeting (2020) twitter link

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Since there's nae official standardisation o Doric/NE Sc on page 10

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
oo thi Scrooteneer's wisna an official bodee, Thi wid jist seemed ta on page 28

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
at school as een o the three official indigenous leids o Scotland,
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
lucky to get around 9000 yet official approach comes in, takes 2 da(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
mes up tae the kitchen wae an official lukan letter in her hand. She on page 38

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
w-prestige vernacular with no official status or written form disapp
w-prestige vernacular with no official status or written form." Dat
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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
a shame we dunna hae somebody official watching oot for dis and keep

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Today is (my) official first day of spring as Apollo(2014) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
ntDice too. My first pieces o official merch for da community dats t (2019) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
e Seeing as Scots was then an official Royal Court language, as evid(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
ent shud designate a heigh ap official tae on page 12
haire bes, a bes', a sense o' official stan' stills an, aa on page 13
official naime in Inglis. Thiare isnae on page 50
cots identity gat hit's furst official recognition. on page 57
ritish tradeetion an' tae gie official recognition o' the status o' on page 58
Also on pages 70
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@the_gellick tweeted
wi the EU an UK, but are no "official" in NI. (2015) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ch leads to an old graveyard. Official name is something a lot less (2020) search twitter

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