A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pleas Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 4 0 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences98 0 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 5 1

Occurrences of pleas 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
no fashed bi muckle tabs an pleas on page 71

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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
them, sae they cheenged their pleas tae guilty. Nou back then it on page 107

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
board oot on the table. Ring pleas she said tae Charlene. Ah tho on page 106

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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aries that decern the pleas,
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e is vibratin and his muffled pleas are the only soonds tae be he
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t me go!’’ he desperately pleas. His puss aw swollen and bloo
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ey in the room and despite ma pleas fur furgivness and optimistic
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’m still mutterin desperate pleas fur mercy. Until, that is, ah
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
fur despite hir ma's constant pleas tae hae them replaced wi dent on page 18

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