A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

peys Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 6.7 1.5 19.9 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences1913 1 2 0 0 3
Number of authors16 12 1 1 2

Occurrences of peys in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'As lang as she peys the rent and disna pit paint on page 10

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
enks ti John. George an Allan peys tribute til him in oor pages on page 3

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
rnuin, Harry brocht roond the peys an the jotters. The boys wis on page 90

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Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
en o-an gin they dae, naebody peys ony heed tae thaim-an ye've n on page 44

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
i whit goes on here. Him that peys the piper caws the tune, no t on page 19
o Trident. Oor Parlie awready peys fer a great muckle, an we wui on page 148

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ns i Scotlan. Derrick McClure peys him oor Scots tribute, an we' on page 5

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Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
he peys em aff on page 59

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
i the midst o lifelessness peys nae heed on page 107

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Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wi the chainge. Fine wi me. A peys for the coffee wi the last o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
leids......Spain as a country peys for eneuch ettles on thon mai
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Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
kers, no by the affluent that peys oor wages. We shid be demaund
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ory ownit pollin company thit peys a "survey panel" tae "Shape t (2022) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e hirples ower tae. Jonsar an peys him, "Naething wrang wi
1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Darling peys Olaf fer a hurl on page 118
A'll no tell a sowel. Credits peys fer quiet. Kens thoo whit tho on page 148

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a fella laughin, but a wumman peys dear fur the smile on a man's on page 45

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
the Depairtment o' Lear onie peys intae yin Ulster-Scots projec on page 13
SCN the Boord o' Ulster Scots peys fer thrie commonity impact pr on page 41

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