A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

presence Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.5 28.3 7.5 19.9 11.6 0 22.1
Number of occurrences6955 5 2 2 0 5
Number of authors41 30 4 2 2 3

Occurrences of presence in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
usly alerted the team tae our presence. Big Kenzie, Eck n Taz appear on page 24

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Aboot the presence on these premises on page 8

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
rief caumed by Sandy's timely presence, John nou had time tae draw b on page 30

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oonter. Yince she cloacked ma presence in the shoap ah'm suddenly be on page 29
these wee bastards cos their presence obviously pits oaff the regul on page 69
area. Her name voiced in the presence ae ma dad wid send him intae on page 88
d as soon as Aldo cloacked ma presence ah could tell ma depressed pu on page 98
at even the mere thoat ae his presence. on page 116
Also on pages 160, 187, 189, 194
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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ent fur sure they were in the presence o a true maistress, crafty an on page 102

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
which maintainit a permanent presence ootside the gates o the auld on page 58

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yir presence geez me thi boke, on page 45
meh presence felt on page 75
Ir presence is felt as shi enters on page 84
eh kin feel yir presence on page 92

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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
y the lad in the yawl had the presence o mind tae whip oot his knife on page 92

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
o native wuid. Oor space-time presence on page 16

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
tae develop an active role an presence for the Scots language in aw on page 5
tae develop an active role an presence for the Scots language in aw on page 12
tae develop an active role an presence in aw pairts o the communicat on page 22

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Ye whiles forgot her presence on page 41

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary: Pack yersel oot o ma presence then. on page 35

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the Presence. An muckle o banes blawn bi w on page 112

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
, sic as wi the wather or the presence or no o naitral licht. Houani on page 21

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
clear that Cornish noo haes a presence that it haesna for a gey lang on page 107

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
or speirt. "She'll sing in ma presence the nicht, or somebody will k on page 96

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e hap them in the fauld o yer presence on page 97

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Banes, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A stately presence has his maister. on page 75

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
t fear he ayeweys felt in the presence o the muckle, menacin, bleck- on page 97

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
a presence of whiles fixtures doun ablow on page 107

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
sign on the strength of thair presence in A Dictionary of the Older
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ns whaur thai justified thair presence bi the nedecessitie ti hain t
presence o’d. Grant gaed ti the foir
presence wes ti be telt at thai wes lu
laddie mairch intil hiz presence lik a rale sojer, an no lik a
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
l the leid o the hame, wi nae presence in the contexts thit gie a le
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
his presence.
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a hospital. Ah feel Mammy’s presence even then. There’s a cabbie
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
occasional sausage tree. His presence caused a bit o a stir amongst
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
used tae it. Upon sensin her presence in the room they’d still wa
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
be duin in sic a wey that the presence o fowk benefits the laundscap
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dna seem tae objeck tae thair presence on the main level, sae lang
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
n creaks. Finally ah felt th' presence o' kip slowly come; mah een b
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
re wis a consistent, reliable presence for Scots i the public domain
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s for human richts wull hae a presence ootside the stadium the nicht
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ewal. A lairge leftist Pairty presence frae Scotland could also impr
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
t in thocht an no awaur o his presence an waukin on, her airms sween
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
at his perineum and let their presence be kent at his hole.
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
a lowp tae threap that their presence in baith Scots and Gaelic mic
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nd they seem oblivious tae ma presence. Until, that is, yin ae thum
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e pathwey tae sanity. Yit the presence ae the wee man cannae even sc
rk. She appears annoyed at ma presence in the buildin again and snap
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Doric

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
er heid fae me and ignores my presence in the room.
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ast nicht she’d been in the presence o pure evil.
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
tae grovel in their majestic presence. Didna like at bit in the lea
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ersehole came for him. He’d presence o mind though tae unship the
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@72redz1903 tweeted
de a difference and gave us a presence. Even jist the number o shots (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A gentle kind o presence on page 44

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Her presence a chill in the air on page 115

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a continuous joyous backgrund presence at I tak him fur granted, til on page 92

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Williamson, Christie Da Problem o dese Paerts, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Shetland, prose
ö - a Tom Leonard poyim, da presence o Shaetlan (geographic an lin
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
January nicht, but sensed its presence lik the comfort o knowin that on page 28

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Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Skults thon presence ir sae nigh, on page 36

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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
an' aisy managed Ulster-Scots presence aa a baag range o' events. on page 8
an' easy managed Ulster-Scots presence aa monie differ daeins. on page 46

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