Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

received	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	18.1	18.9	16.3	49.7	11.6	20.7	7.7
Number of occurrences	60	38	11	5	2	2	2
Number of authors	38	24	6	2	2	2	2

Occurrences of received in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
While the Panther received knife an foark wae a growl, on page 104

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
tit when he tellt me "We haff received a call from the Secretar of S on page 14

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
The Committee received 228 responses tae the short s on page 3
The Committee received cries frae indiveeduals and o on page 26
The Committee received probation frae communitie org on page 43
The Committee received mony cries frae indiveeduals on page 45
The Committee received probation, frae Scots Hoose, on page 49
Also on pages 60
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
e General Register-Hoose haes received mony gifts 0 auld faimly pape on page 40

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y registered post, Miss Honey received a letter fae a lawyer, tellin on page 222

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hen, The strangulated tones o Received Pronunciation on the airwaves on page 48

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
by this time a night ah'd huv received half a million messages fae C on page 169

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
Bontemps made her confession, received
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
o mony subscreivins haes been received or noo.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Falls of Bruar being so well received at Blair’.
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
. No sae mony submissions wis received on Gaelic as on Scots. Appear
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
I project at Ohio State, USA, received an undeemous strang seegnal t
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
sexuality, it wisna that weel received whan it wis first produced bu
illiam Grant ower muckle; the received wisdom o the day wis that the
2 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
considered going oot when Ah received an invite tae meet up wi them
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
affecting upper class English Received Pronunciation, it’s mair li
ered me how negatively it was received in some quarters and how quic
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d relented an let them in. Ah received a couple ay digs tae the jaw,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oin’? Scotty explained then received the reply, “Oh if any o’
Received nae praise or thanks,
2 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
assing. The morning efter, ah received a choked phone-call fae ma da
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e o hope while the Labour MPs received an Imperial walcome. George S
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
In support of this I received an e-mail from, and I quote,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
s also referred tae as ‘RP (Received Pronoonciation) English’ or
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the kick in the baws ah jist received that aw but confirmed that ah
y the reality that ah’ve no received a single phone caw aw day. Wh
2 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
deFC Aye, best wan Ave ever received ... Anyhoo, Ye kin be sure @L(2019) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Jist received a package fae the Oxford Mark(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
riol and racism that Scotland received.(2020) search twitter
Jist received this fae the postie man. http(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
through the whole "paper" we received yistreen looking for authorsh (2022) twitter link
Uni lectures every day. Never received any snash, only ever plaudits (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e pie and bovril site? i have received a lifetime ban from the forum (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
have one new message. Message received 14th September 1969. on page 7
have one new message. Message received 3rd August 1986, on page 9
have one new message. Message received 11th July 2008. Hiya sexy... on page 17
have one new message. Message received 14th February 2016. on page 18
Message received today at 9.15am. on page 21

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
While e Panther received knife an fork wi a growl, on page 102

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
he notoriety, the fame he’d received efter sightin the Beast o Bru
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ae oor gairden. Nae bird haes received as guid hospitality in oor ho
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
erpeyed for the wounds he’d received ower the last twintyfive year
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
rmy Nursing Corps Association received 10 invites & being registered(2018) search twitter
bide lang on Twitter, ahve received an e-mail aboot growen ma mem(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
June, 2022. Hid wis very weel received and geed on tae be recorded b on page 34

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
rm you that a report has been received from the War Office to the ef on page 38
Any further information received at this office as to his cond on page 39

4 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
maest of aa, da adoration he received fae da weemin-folk back hame.
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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
y to hear aboot dy rabbit. We received a condolances card fae da vet (2018) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
And the plaudits he received on page 51

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
While th Panther received knife an fork wi a growl, on page 104

1 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
received. on page 8

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ïll spirits. Ye hae freelie received, sae ye maun gie freelie. Din on page 9

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