A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

onlie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words31.8 15.9 4.5 0 11.6 10.3 287.7
Number of occurrences10231 3 0 2 1 65
Number of authors16 8 1 1 1 5

Occurrences of onlie in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, but thair wareness o't haed onlie come bit bi bit, for it wisna on page 15
ime Kate wis awa in a dwam an onlie hauf listenin. He wis sayin o on page 18
thair wark, Kate an Jean cuid onlie gang about thair paurents at on page 22
her lines. Efter whit seemed onlie a meinit thair faither turnt on page 29
am no lang efter thon. It wis onlie efterhin at Kate realized the on page 30

6 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ir line a wee bittie noo, but onlie as far as Jeremy Corbyn is co on page 9
pairt o a wee kintra that cin onlie hae a role in the warld as an on page 13
y tae be rin, but it's no the onlie wey things cin, or shuid be d on page 31
that Gaelic is a deid tung or onlie let Scots be heard in the cla on page 65

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s the reverse o afore but the onlie cheenge tae the drill crew wi on page 50
bricht yung things, a laddie onlie a year or three oot o Eton co on page 72
she wis richt bonnie but she onlie had time fer Martin, her lad. on page 78
es. An as time past his skill onlie got better an better, an his on page 84
d tae be their Hermit. It wis onlie then that the real fiendish n on page 86
Also on pages 97, 103, 106
10 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
e antrin sidieweys scance, an onlie serred ti unnerscore
dlie naitur o wark conseistin onlie o a dreich,
onlie here for the simmer an syne w
3 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
But ye had, sae the onlie thing ye cuid dae was greet,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
as, tae his way o thinkin the onlie guid hyena wis yin that wis b
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Ah onlie got yin decent pass an ah fai
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
lottered aroon the lassie. It onlie brocht his mind tae thinkin t
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
. Her ‘splendour […] dois onlie pas all feminine [surpasses t
ndour so madame I wein / dois onlie pas all feminine [wimmenkind]
2 matches

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Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
er tae the shoppie as eeswal. Onlie, the day, he was aat ful o be on page 76
an's dockiments aa richt. The onlie tribble is you canna be Fergu on page 79

3 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Onlie ænchils, ærkænchils, diels on page 20

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Onlie Ryght It Hæm Aflot on page 27

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
onlie gie ye a drukken smirtil
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
utnman in the hoose but me. I onlie had Tam tae tell me what was on page 4
same age as hir, but she was onlie nineteen. on page 5
"Aye, aal growed up. I was onlie a girl whan I was sent up tae on page 6
oulin Daniel's han. There wur onlie helf a dozen eggs in a bow] a on page 10
as stayin fur guid an she had onlie tae think o his stepfaither's on page 16
Also on pages 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 59
30 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tex men daes that! An ïf ye onlie pass tha time o day wi yer ai on page 6
Kïngdom o Heiven, but ït's onlie hïm that daes tha wull o ma on page 8
eerd this, the' saed, "It ïs onlie bi Beelzebul, tha heidyin o t on page 9
"A'm onlie baptisin wi wattèr. But yin' on page 74
ae sent til onie o thaim but, onlie tae a weeda wumman ïn Serept on page 76
Also on pages 79, 82, 86, 89, 90, 95, 97, 100, 102, 105
20 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Sam, is echty-six noo, an tha onlie yin o John's weans left. He l on page 8

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Tha heid-coont onlie cums aboot yinst iverie 10 ye
repones in this buik, it’s onlie fur giein ye a pull oot.
Tha heid-coont onlie cums aboot yinst iverie 10 ye
repones in this buik, it’s onlie fur giein ye a pull oot.
es here fur ordnar (thair bes onlie landers steyin here) answer s
9 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘They onlie want tae play on bikes an al.
There was onlie yin problem wi playin King Li
chin an screamin an there was onlie yin thing ah cud dae. Ah reac
3 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
Conor whar the leeved an bin onlie vexed a wee tae hear at the c
Gerald jined in. Dorothy spak onlie tae ax whit gate tae gae. Val
2 matches

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