Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

pretend	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.8	13.2	9	0	0	10.3	8.9
Number of occurrences	35	26	6	0	0	1	2
Number of authors	28	19	6			1	2

Occurrences of pretend 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
. 'She wad hoast michtily, an pretend tae be deein, sae I wadna lau on page 64

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
he thumb and fur us baith tae pretend we believe that. on page 16
ok yer Tango Ice Blast. So we pretend thur's gid guys and bad guys on page 21

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Let's play pretend that we pairtit as friends, on page 32

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
have some tea an eat an I'll pretend that I've no just considered on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ten as no a ploy fer fowk tae pretend, no jist tae ithers bit een t on page 16
cklar, the schuils nae langer pretend that Gaelic is a deid tung or on page 65
vernance that still wants tae pretend it's an Empire means it's war on page 126

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
let's no pretend, on page 11

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
thing where one ae yi has tae pretend yir an alien fae another plan on page 123

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi let's pretend continents and storms, or hai on page 76

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
the 'Pretend Union' o Scotland on page 50
Ye pretend luvers o poetry, on page 79

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
Can you pretend tae skelp a baw? Go on, kick
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ery good, but ma sister would pretend she wis lookin at summin real
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Nou, ah dinnae pretend tae ken the solution, but ah
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
willnae last as long. Ah can pretend ah’m oan that boat, and jus
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Alexa,’ ah say, ‘Pretend tae be a dug.’
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
tae it. Jist hide away an’ pretend it husnae happened an hope so
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rice’s mother would have to pretend for the rest of her life that
rds. Or, waur, they tried tae pretend. Typical o the debilitatin se
2 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
shaped by Europe. Lat’s no pretend itherweys.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Labour neoliberal agenda. Tae pretend tae Scots voters that votin �
1 matches

Briggs, Susi My Yellow Yorlin, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Or tak his siller and pretend, that I dae consent
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@DPJHodges Not pretend, you eejit. Recognise.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Iss place isnae big enuch for the baith o us , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa cannae pretend aa dinnae see ye - on page 78

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'll pretend that I'm kissin on page 73

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
o," thoucht poor Alice, "till pretend till be two foulk! Why, air's on page 14

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
if we’re aa jeest happy tae pretend that keyboards an screens are
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
imSpenceDundee And lets nae pretend that fitba is one homogeneous (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
oo stick in gift bags ????. I pretend its cause theyre better f(2018) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
uarts companies guid, I'll no pretend on page 9

1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
He’s nae need tae even pretend-o!
1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
e makin us aal cycle across a pretend Boyne River on bikes, he was
1 matches