A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

returned Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 14 22.2 9.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences4628 15 1 2 0 0
Number of authors29 18 8 1 2

Occurrences of returned in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
They aw returned fae him tae you, Though they on page 118
Bit then it goes oan 'they aw returned fue him tae you'," said Alice on page 120

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
As Matthew returned tae his seat, Mr. MacNeil chi on page 39

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ne the victorious Covenanters returned tae Drumclog tae gether up th on page 38

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
reid melted tae nothing and I returned tae my place, filled with the on page 3

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
so here returned with celestial favour is ma r on page 44

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
oot them.' The Trunchbull hud returned tae her place in on page 141
baith haunds. 'The Trunchbull returned tae the front o the class. Th on page 144

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tuals we thocht lang gaen hae returned tae haunt us, on page 40

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Men reported deid aince returned on page 16
returned, ti dee in peace. on page 35

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ht," said Atlas when Hercules returned. "Ah'l! get thae aipples for on page 47
urystheus wisna there when he returned. Insteid Zeus wis sittin on E on page 56

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
same either, and Livvy hadnae returned at all.
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
re tamed like the beach, then returned to the wildness.
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
Whin thay returned hame, thay thanked thair luck
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
wis like the auld Evelynn had returned. They caw them lucid periods.
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
emselves at a neighbour newly returned fae America who’s started
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
. It wis mony months afore he returned; but the war wi Athens went o
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Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a dizzen o them but they had returned wi reinforcements and noo he
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
wildly. I suppose it probably returned when the coast wis clear tae
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tandin’? The ba’ wis duly returned at 1:15. A wis the only one i
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
int i the lull o the wund, an returned the binoculars tae his pocket
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ised Allan’s hairt. Suin he returned tae his survey o the steid.
oon a mile-an-a-hauf until it returned him tae a spot nae far fae wh
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Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
As Jock returned back hame he foun’
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Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ed tae get hersel mairrit, an returned tae the Howe, far her great g on page 84

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
The atmosphere returned for sure, Naebody reachin' fo on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
it, but looked me ower. An Ah returned the compliment. Ah'd 've pit on page 14

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
They all returned fae him till ee, on page 116
But, id goes on "they all returned fae him till ee'," sade Alice on page 118

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Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
The wee sea quine returned tae her sisters in their cora on page 118

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
e o days when the airt dealer returned. This time he didnae hae his
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
eerschaum o the Fortean Times returned south along wi the zoologist
is strange that Erchie hadnae returned, an it wis then that those le
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Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
ent Scots wi the same results returned – aince mair. The heartland
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Hutchison, Pat Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan - The Clootie Dummmplin!, (Ayton Publishing 2017 ISBN: 978-1910601419) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae the midden fin Mrs Robson returned wi anither sark. Ackers throw
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er affairs now in order Mabel returned hame and that nicht watched h
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Slowly the quate bit o front returned tae normal.The Prussian offic
got seeck o the cairry on and returned tae duty. This startit aff a
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
!” said the cook fin Jessie returned the plate tae the kitchen.
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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
In time hur hoose returned tae the hill. on page 10

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
very powerful. Skarvald never returned, nor did his crew, and their
1 matches

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