A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

roots Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.5 25.7 10.6 0 11.6 31 44.3
Number of occurrences7250 7 0 2 3 10
Number of authors43 29 5 2 2 5

Occurrences of roots in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
shone like wee suns amang the roots o the trees. At the tap o the on page 1

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
rs, trees had raxed up, their roots snoovin their wey through the on page 59

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ah've tried tree-roots, an ah've tried banks, an ah' on page 52
is fir bringin the cook tulip-roots steid ae inions." on page 76

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ergangs the haill planet. Its roots rax clear out-throu. An gin t on page 23
blaws them awa. They hae nae roots, an that maks their life gey on page 62

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ood few ir panned in. There's roots n loads ae weeds growin fae t on page 4

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
seein baith leids hae common roots at the stert an seein they bi on page 34
ony influences on its Anglian roots an Germanic nature, no least on page 35
We can only grow from our own roots and our roots are not English on page 36

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Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
y veined the mirk. Atween the roots, kythed the burnheid o the bl on page 55

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
mair the roots hae raivelt roon ma speerit on page 11
by fowk wi roots on page 32

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whaese roots gan faur by clart an mud an i on page 77

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Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
secrets in the silt, roots awe the Lepidodendron. on page 87

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
yfair bits growin oot fae the roots. She wis plaistered in make-u on page 21

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Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
The name stems frae Gaelic roots. 'Sron ramhair', on page 201

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e maun aye mind that, tho the roots o Scotland's commmunitarian c on page 11

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an Dundee wiz its roots, on page 24
roots deep in a hardy pride on page 74

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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
r. Some o the fairs had their roots wey back in the mists o time on page 30

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah'm proud of ma Scottish roots, Hart told The Express, But a on page 169

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi roots mirrors o the branches abuin on page 13

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
threap nae end tae learn the roots an auld fernyears o the leid on page 57

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
But their roots aw drink on page 13
Oor roots aw drink fae the same guid gr on page 38

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McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
knots in glaur the roots o hogsweed on page 112

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
tree roots breach auld coffins' short-te on page 107

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
while they're feastin on the roots.
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
Indeed, oniebodie wi European roots can be pairtly linkit tae oni
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
The Pechts pit doun roots in the maist bonnie an conduc
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ce tae growe an pit doun real roots in their hame cam fae the Fer
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
spin at weeds an exposed tree roots tae steady himsel. His techni
ally at the base, at the very roots where it started its long ver
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
t o Phoenicia; crimson madder roots fae Phrygia; an fae Crete, ai
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
. “Bingo!” Nestled in the roots wis whit looked like a big fa
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Their roots, micht be, in Mansefield Park
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
siden’ shares etymological roots wi ‘syne’).
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
Indeed, we can speir oot the roots o the wirds ‘Sapphic’ and
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wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
ren periods. Wi like Germanic roots tae English, Scots wis furder
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
Ilka leid haein its roots in sindry linguistic brainche
h, Swedish and Norwegian. Its roots gang back tae a northern dial
aye, which stems fae Germanic roots. Anither exemple o a Germanic
cks tae hae arisen fae sindry roots - fur coincidence raither no
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@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
ved of experiencing the grass roots of fitbaw. Commercialism is s (2021) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
th got the same West Germanic roots. https://t.co/YC4Thnl8i9 (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
leadership - never forget ma roots tbh (2021) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
its roots woven intae on page 15

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"A've tried e roots o trees, an A've tried banks, on page 50
id wis for givan e cook tulip-roots instead o onions." on page 74

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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
atural drainage system, their roots sookin up excess watter, tae
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
hat means he has big Scottish roots. I think the name itself tell(2018) search twitter
yer boots as wife's deen her roots" fit ye think? Still tae add (2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
an wye that rether nor common roots, A'd pit siller on the Skotte (2021) twitter link

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
llow stinkan smoor o him, his roots on page 23

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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
interference attack its very roots." In idder wirds, as lang as
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Accusing roots pointing high on page 15

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Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ah've tried th roots o trees, an Ah've tried banks on page 51
was fur bringin th cook tulip-roots insteed o ingins." on page 76

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Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"A hae try't the roots o trees, an A hae try't banks on page 52
us fur bringin the cook tulip-roots instead o onions." on page 77

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Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A stauchered on tha roots, on page 16
Sneddin tha leevin roots. on page 20
dinnae sned tha leevin roots. on page 59

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The roots ir frozen tight, on page 5

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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
tion aboot hit's Ulster-Scots roots an' Ulster-Scots mair widely. on page 43
er o' American presidents wi' roots in thon airt. on page 51

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That's hame tae me an gies me roots, on page 43

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Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
dinnae sned tha leevin roots.
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