A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

others Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.2 20 16.6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5239 11 0 0 1 1
Number of authors27 18 7 1 1

Occurrences of others in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
unt wae ease, happily elbowin others oot their waiy, staunin oan h on page 12

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
in the fuckin odds. The three others ir walkin slightly behind. A on page 18

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Others chip in - 'Well is it no on page 61

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Let others fear, to me more dear on page 65

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
t. Some say she's a slut, but others say she's actually niver hud on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
argin at the metal bars while others cower and whimper in the corn on page 160
ae thum ah kent fae primary. Others ah hud only glanced at durin on page 188

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
bell rings, and ah follow the others tae the assembly hall. We're on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ght oot the best in Da, while others, like the drink, brought oot on page 42
t would be deep-fried haggis, others it would be steak pie. There on page 44

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Scott, Kirkpatrick Sharpe and others. This Motherwell Manuscript i on page 69

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
™s contributions so far. Like others, I am happy to hear Peter Cha
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
tty space before it vanished. Others describe it thus: that the ni
1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Naebody believed her, or the others, when they spoke oot aboot wi
e oot aboot wit happened. The others wernae the same either, and L
Abby's eyes widened as the others walked e'er.
As for the others, they learned no tae break in
4 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
oan ma kegs, tiptoed past the others
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
eimer’s, it houses fourteen others an now Evelynn. It’s like t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cried it, sais there’ll be others like me. The Government ur cl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
I like you Steve. Some of the others have been well. . . uncouth,
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
me folk wur playin ping pong, others hud the baws tae wander roond
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a fiddler’s fart aboot whit others hink.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
g water,' says Hammy, and the others nodded.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
fully climbed doon, asked the others tae sit an’ looked bit coul
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
unt wae ease, happily elbowin others oot their waiy, staunin oan h
ery bastart on their waiy up. Others start oot in loftier position
t. An no just fur yersel, fur others tae. That’s how ah need tae
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
fuckin chairged. But him and others like him kin sometimes be for
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wae heavy lookin bags. While others walk freely, empty handed. Se
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
lva My mind doesnae work like others. I see a polar bear laying on(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
sy day o coaching and helping others? xxx(2014) search twitter
but at your work your helpin others tae....an if its just paperwo(2014) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
aying tae me, 'Ah like it but others might no...'(2017) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
treams the club offers - and others too - eos fitbaw is alive an (2020) twitter link
that looked after me and many others through out our working lifes (2021) twitter link
ams to your games which i and others really enjoyed - b oan the b (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
At others Ah'm a dreich island landscap on page 1

1 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
The others at the bar affected to be stu
e doctor," John said, and the others rushed to Reg's side.
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
n’t you wanna draw with the others? Jenny asks. She looks too bo
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘How many others were there?’
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
d ye pls help wi a RT an hope others un'erstn oor mither tongue! h(2014) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
ice wi the subs, but they and others had nae savvy, nae shithouser (2022) twitter link
‘mourningÂ’ and the rights of others tae get on wi their lives (2022) twitter link
ntioned Hans, at team at each others throats, Davie Robertson gan (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
nnered o hearing them noo any others bug ye noo?(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
bvious...and a few incomplete others...ah said tae mah pal behind (2021) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ysmithwriter @laurarimmer and others. Galloway, so many great writ(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@fairfaaye tweeted
ng her lilty? Let's hear some others if you know some! https://t.c(2020) search twitter