A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

originally Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 8.1 6 0 23.2 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences2716 4 0 4 2 1
Number of authors20 12 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of originally in Corpus

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Central

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Born in Stranraer, sae originally a 'Cleyholer', but haes leeve on page 189

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
School on Embra's Regent Road originally the designated hame o the how on page 58
presenter, a lang-hairit lad originally fae these pairts wis near dem on page 99
1.2 billion this far, an wis originally costit at £700 million; the on page 120

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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
en fae aulder traditions that originally cam fae amang the clans or tr on page 20

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an daein well, it's cause she originally came fae Drumoyne). on page 158

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ford English Dictionary as ‘originally Scots and perhaps Northern En
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
neme (explained later on) wis originally suggested bi John M. Tait. A'
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ies a clue tae its etymology. Originally, a gallus lad wad hae been an
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e right. These two doors were originally, ah would surmise, put in pla
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ed owersettin Jekyll an Hyde (originally pr. Jeekyll), Ah felt right a
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
on the bigger tramp. Jinty, (originally frae Edinburgh, then livin’
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
whiles wi additional material originally sneddit for raisons o linth.
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
ot. The Liberal Gladstone wis originally Gled Stane — “gled” bei
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McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"It's cause they originally built this dam tae supply wat
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@jack_capener tweeted
aw! The word comes from Scots originally, so no need to spell it the I(2019) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
is telt et thi spray hid been originally biggit fur sum hairber maiste on page 17

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
the air. The 'Jet d'Eau' wis originally biggit, in 1886, tae release on page 5
aire as a Swiss favourite, an originally cams fae nae far fae Geneva. on page 6

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
I'm from London originally, wrote Pauline, a reed glow a on page 41

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
el: a aple, a bottle. Da wird originally cam fae Aald English ān on page 63
maet: sasser (originally meanin 'shappit') comes fae s on page 103

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
(Paper originally given at the Shetland dialect
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Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
el: a aple, a bottle. Da wird originally cam fae Aald English ān 'ee/

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Bert Dow (ex Dalhanna Drive, originally fae Muirkirk like the rest of(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Lisburn!! But their mother is originally fae Omagh... https://t.co/hDY(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
ots fundy, to suffer a chill, originally, Old French enfondre, to be c(2020) search twitter