A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

responsibility Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 18.2 6 9.9 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences4536 4 1 1 0 3
Number of authors32 25 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of responsibility 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ere ower auld, hauden doon wi responsibility, stuck on page 18

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"He was your responsibility, you were his carer" she says on page 62

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
the doorway. 'Weel, she's yer responsibility noo. Ye'll huv tae sort it.' on page 86

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an hid ti cope an tak responsibility on page 99

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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
in that somebody had tae tak responsibility for the joab as it wisnae pai on page 59
vediggin in the Howff wis the responsibility o Geordie Mill, the meenister on page 108

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, With small dog comes much responsibility. Karen didnae see the funny s on page 169

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or wis that responsibility ma man? on page 23

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
o Scotland has the ability an responsibility tae uphaud the Scots language on page 5
o Scotland has the ability an responsibility tae uphaud the Scots language on page 14
lly an culturally. We hae the responsibility an ability tae caw Pairlament on page 15
o Scotland has the ability an responsibility tae uphaud the Scots language on page 23

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
he organisation haes specific responsibility for promotin a coherent appro on page 6

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ae marry, so he saw it as his responsibility tae pass oan the family name. on page 49
s o their own, it isnae their responsibility. on page 63

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
vers haes nae escape frae the responsibility o thair ain chyces in the mai on page 4

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
bit the fowk wha hae had the responsibility o selectin names fer oor stre
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
maitters as faws inwith the responsibility o the Meenister for Education
faws inwith the responsibility o the Meenister for Tourism,
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
o the Scots Leid, thit hauds responsibility for the heidmaist dictionarie
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
also recognizes a collective responsibility, as called for in the 1992 Ri
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
then we maun accept it's the responsibility o the government tae facilita
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
- but the BBC hae an express responsibility tae mak shuir their ootput ad
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
a foreigner – an it wis his responsibility tae mak sure his son stayed S
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nderstereotyped, pooer-athoot-responsibility escapist things. Probably ken
y leuk. “You mustn’t take responsibility for the whole family. You do
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in a cultural or eddicational responsibility fir their faimlies, freens or
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
pooer tae affect chynge. Oor responsibility as citizens is tae keep this
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ter the referendum, it is the responsibility o baith sides tae unite an pr
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n the box. And they’re your responsibility now’’
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
A dinnae like it but it's his responsibility and he isn't as sharp or on t(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
ise thit the watter company's responsibility ends at yer gairden gate. Dav(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
policies relevant tae cooncil responsibility. The SNHS is no somethin thit (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
decisions, but accepting all responsibility for what your leaders command (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
e it clear she can't take the responsibility. Nowt tae dae wi 'believing t (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
enner (the ainly food-relatit responsibility Ah'm ivver trustit wi... fir
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
he kintra or tak on a massive responsibility like adoptin an injured beast
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@72redz1903 tweeted
wanting tae step up and take responsibility tae make something happen (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
swans aboot Europe Exempt fae responsibility(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A deep responsibility on page 27

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
s Pepper Minstix and it is my responsibility to guard the secret of where
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
tments an' the public sector. Responsibility fer implementin' cannae jist on page 17
responsibility fer Ulster-Scotsbes described on page 25

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