A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

preferred Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 9.5 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2319 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors20 16 3 1

Occurrences of preferred in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
straps but dominies generally preferred tae hit ye wi the ither end f on page 42

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
tarot was tirin an the women preferred her tae visit thaim, unless t on page 1

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
d still gane alang wi Mammy's preferred choice o fitwear. If ah'm hon on page 7

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n tae hers tae study cause ah preferred workin on ma tod. on page 169

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
that sets oot an hauds til a preferred langage, ootset, an formattin on page 9
custom dictionar bi eikin yer preferred Scots spellings. on page 43

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e funeral noo? Mebbe ye'd hae preferred gettin the minister eftir aa. on page 68

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
eautiful landscape. Ah always preferred the hills painted in God's co on page 81

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ae doot there whit ane is the preferred spellin. (Thae figures includ on page 16

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
access tae education in their preferred leid – an
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
classroom an is definitely no preferred by maist ‘uptown’ Jamaica
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
talanta wisna interestit. She preferred her auld, baggy tunic, an rin
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ngye wis awa, “I would have preferred it if Beatrice had been here
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
elief that English spellin is preferred where similar wurds exist i S
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
stage gear, an even though he preferred the life oan the road wae ban
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
t when his lords decided they preferred his nephew insteid o himsel.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
in droves tae listen tae thur preferred preachers. Whiles the congreg

@bigandymccoll tweeted
emale we want tae lionize, my preferred phrase is "she's really got o (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ane, een or wan? Reply wi yer preferred version and RT please! @DrMDe (2017) twitter link

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
thieson kent that his maister preferred himsel tae the grieve, Jock D
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
een were pitten aroun as fowk preferred. The results o ma darg gied o
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
kay Broon (though he probably preferred Scapa, but at £38 ??)... An (2020) twitter link

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
mans heid. Likkly misheard or preferred when we wir bairns(2020) search twitter