A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

schools Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.8 20.8 7.5 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences4841 5 0 1 0 1
Number of authors28 21 5 1 1

Occurrences of schools 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
assin through these schemes n schools. Our maws look horrified. The on page 54

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in Falkirk. Till the schools came oot. Then he could catch on page 1

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
they aw went tae they private schools anaw. Bet thir daddies bought on page 3

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tae date, like the Edinburgh Schools bourach, flee direckly in the on page 36
tellt at the English 'public schools' (an their sad Scottish imita on page 84

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Anderson, Elizabeth Lallans 59 - OBITUARY : ALISTAIR TAYLOR 1928 - 2001, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ng o Scots prose an poetry in schools, an wis Jint Editor o a buik on page 4

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
world works, hen, especially schools. If ye'd been taught by a tyr on page 33

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
of 'Scottish Studies' in our schools, creating a distinct strand o on page 3

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
hae. The Scots Dictionary for Schools app is grundit on the text o on page 51

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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
he free "Scots Dictionary for Schools app" available tae aw scuil p
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ir ain power. The Irish hedge schools kept the leid alive there, an
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
them: fae Holywood tae BBC an schools - the hail lot. It's nae wyce
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ew Fitt, Itchy Coo's National Schools Development Liaison Officer.
an Matthew Fitt, its National Schools Development Liaison Officer.
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McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ae pupils, nominated by their schools fir Jist “bein’ nice kids
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
intae the college frae local schools. A mind havin’ a class o’
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ngst the support material for schools wis the ASLS Report on Develo
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Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ers for free over at Scots in Schools.
e creativity page at Scots in Schools.
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Facebook link ( 2022) Central
ch mah method there in aa the schools.

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@NicolaSturgeon Schools are high density when operati(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
;-) Scots has aye been in our schools.(2016) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
ank gaud most of the Scottish schools be on holiday and oor weans w (2021) twitter link
trolled education in Scottish schools. We awe unnerstaun it, its in (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
updatit Scots Dictionary for Schools app, available fae the Apple (2021) twitter link
the new Scots Dictionary for Schools app (comin in January 20201) (2020) twitter link
siBriggs1 writin fir Scots in Schools: https://t.co/2KGd6945oj (2020) twitter link
at young yins - the Scots in schools website has a selection o lit (2020) twitter link
The Scots in Schools website is full o resources f (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

@ThonJacobite tweeted
sure oan Doris tae reopen the schools. Of coorse, by 'schools' they(2021) search twitter
a ken whit its REALLY like in schools are the actual teachers. They(2021) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Up at the Gordon Schools on page 15

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
“If he doesn’t, the other schools are miles away. And the townâ
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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
Primary and Secondary Schools, 5–18
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@72redz1903 tweeted
ation should be taught in all schools. As a working class adult lea (2021) twitter link

@Woodside Wullie tweeted
s tae brainwash bairns in oor schools and thos (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Schools closed daday. How long is ok (2018) twitter link

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
re fameeliar tae Scotch folk. Schools cudnae thole Scots, an mony a
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