A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

plus Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.6 27.3 15 0 5.8 31 8.9
Number of occurrences7054 10 0 1 3 2
Number of authors40 28 7 1 2 2

Occurrences of plus in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
air like a snout than a nose: plus its eyes wir gettin awfy wee on page 61

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
an but that'll be dead cauld, plus ah'll probably catch E-coli o on page 61

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
a resumption o hostielities. Plus, thair wis this fanton sniper on page 86

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Yet sex-plus-violence, as aabody kens Is t on page 18

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Plus, even though ah'm no exactly on page 167

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
when yer neb's in the trough. Plus ¢a change, eh? Various refor on page 42

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
. Some Christmas that wid be. Plus ah'd huv nae granny. Nae gran on page 171

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the other week an he got an A plus fur it cause he stood up in f on page 61
es that's tae win two tickets plus backstage passes tae see Stra on page 77
ily function ever inventet - plus why is it if a boy let's rip on page 89
doin an he got his money back plus interest. on page 133
h'm stuck doon the Job Centre Plus signin on wi aw the dafties. on page 169

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
like it wis the crack o dawn. Plus he'd drawn ma curtains saw I on page 11

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
nae gonnae make it any worse. Plus, fae whit ah' ve gathered, ye on page 46

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ont Olaf had telt them aboot, plus the three o them. Then, at th on page 42

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
hire. There, bein oot the wey plus the leivin Burns tradeition a on page 7

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
petite Reine Ecossaise est la plus belle enfante!’
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Scots Argentinos plus a rabble
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
r floggin flights fir a fiver plus fees. The baggage fee was £3
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t', an hou the 'mither-tongue-plus-twa norie haes tae be cairrie
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ide range o Scottish authors, plus set texts that includit 3 Sco
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
holidays atween tours o duty. Plus the totty size o her care uni
ly yin that spicks Chinese - plus Iskander there.” He pyntit
xperience would say the same. Plus there are purgatives.”
Plus, o coorse, the tradeetional d
4 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
de Fleurs, sur la plus belle place du monde in Bruss
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
Taen thegither, anonymity plus female or gender neutral voic
emale or gender neutral voice plus their unique kythin in jist a
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
The declaration plus the burnin meant a treasonous

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
so nae muckle hope o escape, plus haurly onythin tae eat, only

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e hear what’s oan his mind. Plus, even the cockroaches oot the
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e sanity left in the world ?? plus I was sold long ago on your g(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
uld here.. Nae rain, that's a plus... ?? (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
ave up oan that ages ago......plus predictive txt wilnae allow m(2014) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
@MechaniVal @PerthshireMags Plus the wind wull be fair burlin (2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ammy wi only second ever week plus o respite i 18 year an observ(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
nk A'd go wi aw them Steve....plus Pars to win European Champion (2022) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
etc ... huv fun!! £2.79 eech plus p+p https://t.co/zpPOw172DI h(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
je sais, je besoin de sortir plus ??. (I dinnae care aboot the (2022) twitter link
ry Scottish village/town/city plus London. THAT would get the at (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
NS_ @D4RNS Which is a killer, plus anybody a have refollowed hav (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m me on that yin - as the 10 plus 1 guys will b havin a nosey a (2020) twitter link
rdon1875 5 games live ootside plus the mighty spurs doin the biz (2020) twitter link
Maniac @Brian_Pacey aye - 10 plus one lol (2020) twitter link
@DicaculusManiac oan the plus side janila gomez this gawjus (2020) twitter link
amily a luv this tweet btw - plus ee want tae bulldoze hollyroo (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Keepers in plus-fowers an tweed pickie saes on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
s tae be awayr o thi dainjer, plus their weis a sea shantee, sun on page 13
e a meel layed on an awthein, plus twa caises 'a' Fower Bell's R on page 38

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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ded the siller ower richt awa plus one fifty for aa the books. A
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The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
fan she’s in her leggings. Plus I canna stop thinking aboot f
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@72redz1903 tweeted
keeper but everyone was skyed plus the twa crosses tae the back (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
wee this lad as Russian, 6ft plus & built like a Hall Russell's(2016) search twitter
ith cronies his ane age - 70 plus, few drams in a local wee pub(2020) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
se can be connected tae this..plus ah wisnae in the army...wis i (2021) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ssed wi da invariant form de, plus idder ir fir da present tense on page 87

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ay, the Greens, whaes biggest plus wis, on page 211

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@jamie_ginger tweeted
use am nay gid at it she says.plus a nva put the washing machine(2012) search twitter
tatment. 75mins a hed ti play plus a 7mile rin this morning. #ea(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
eir relatives in oor country. Plus Grannie was a self proclaimed on page 46

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
in and jaist loved me oniewye plus she's gaein me the idea fur a on page 2

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