A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

scrievit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words32.1 40.6 15.1 0 0 62 35.4
Number of occurrences10379 10 0 0 6 8
Number of authors35 25 6 1 3

Occurrences of scrievit in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
n it bade an auld mannie that scrievit muckle buiks. on page 53
un shaw pruifs afore they are scrievit doun in ink. on page 56

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Scrievit names oan parchment bold. on page 14

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
cotlan, he argied, wis tae be scrievit in English. on page 35
is the yiss o Scots in pleys scrievit fir the dramatic theatre. An on page 37
s Theatre in 1954 wis no jist scrievit oot o the Unity style, bit it on page 39

3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the time we scrievit maps wi tongues, on page 11
n than the Uni. Thir wirds ye scrievit on page 23
First scrievit bi great Scots makar Robert F on page 77

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eg tae lairn richt eneuch. He scrievit the scriptur frae gey auld ve on page 14

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
the now that's ayeways wantin scrievit. on page 95

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Turnin ti the makars wha scrievit i French, Alice de Chambrier on page 5

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
pynt that the Ballads wirnae scrievit as poems, bit as sangs. Yin s on page 84

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'Prince Pondicherry scrievit a letter tae Mr Wullie Wonka, on page 15
enough time tae read whit wis scrievit on the door: STOREROOM NUMMER on page 97
noo, and they aw had somethin scrievit on them, and unco clankin soo on page 118
daud o paper on which he had scrievit a leet o instructions. 'And y on page 155

4 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
rnment regairds Scots, in its scrievit and spoken forms, as a valid on page 4

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
an Admirin Pooh Sang micht be scrievit aboot Yon Thing, ye ken?' on page 142
on By Order Keep tae the Left Scrievit by Rabbit.' on page 152
Poetry in the Forest has been scrievit by a Bear, a Bear wi a Cantie on page 154
tae gie ye - it's cried - scrievit by - but we're aw - because on page 160

7 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
s o them, and on ilka yin wis scrievit the word CIDER. on page 63

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
for the BBC. Efter a while I scrievit aw this intae ma buik on the on page 8
roun Scotland County, McNeill scrievit thir braw verses on the histo on page 9

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
s wumman cried Marie Maitland scrievit a ferlie and pooerfu poem abo on page 4

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Or even re-scrievit, o the ploys o this pair; on page 11

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
its ain wee label, scrievit by haun in three tungs, and i on page 95

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
facks, feegurs an ferlies, an scrievit wi rerr rummle-gumption an ei on page 126
the estate. Gin this had been scrievit wi irony, it micht hae been a on page 128

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
knawledgement is gien tae the scrievit tradeitions o regional dialec on page 56

1 matches

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
But as Maupassant scrievit 'elle n'avait passé que troi
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
reports that creative pieces scrievit in Scots for higher an advanc
and a local Galloway talent, scrievit the foreword note in the book
2 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
ther, the Duc de Guise, aince scrievit o her,
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
LEST year, A scrievit a column oan the braw new Bri
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Weel, I scrievit on a guid bit at that, hou I
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e Parliaments, whan Scots wis scrievit by kings an coortiers, lawyer
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
misfortunate that nae muckle scrievit material fae the Pechts has c
r fowk in Britain and Ireland scrievit anent thaim. Acause o this, w
River Forth in Scotland, and scrievit doon ither details aboot the
soorces, sic as The Histories scrievit by Herodotus (an auncient Gre
o Pechtish symbol stanes, and scrievit soorces, it can be threapit t
6 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
or by any ither means Wioot scrievit
al tradeitions, baith oral an scrievit. The anely important question
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
In Scotland the earliest scrievit muisic that survives belangs
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
and up yer neb in guid braid scrievit Scots.
1 matches

Pennie, Len The Wheesht, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
e now that’s ayeways wantin scrievit
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is nae such thing as standard scrievit Scots..." an invites readers
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ntric Global English spak and scrievit in Scotland.
h bairns, fur whaim, although scrievit the ae wey, the twa wirds are
ific tae the English spak and scrievit in Scotland. Muckle o this un
ough aft rendert ‘not’ in scrievit SSE; i.e. it is a covert Scot
aiblished featurs o baith the scrievit and spak leid).
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ent that ye micht weel see it scrievit ‘scunnered’, wi the Angli
has fur the maist pairt been scrievit and spak ower the centuries)
ale airticle aw on their ain. Scrievit yaisage can be traced back as
ert’, it is attestit tae in scrievit Scots fae as early as the 130
ders micht hae noticed that A scrievit ‘Scottish’ and ‘Scotlan
5 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
he anonymous poem 49. No jist scrievit explicitly in the voice o a w
nymous poem 72, meanwhile, is scrievit halely in first person voice
clear associations wi Marie. Scrievit in the first person and kythi
anonymous poems maun hae been scrievit by men.
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
The poem is unjoukably scrievit in the voice o a wumman and a
ms in the manuscript (aiblins scrievit by ither wimmen in the group?
The poem is scrievit in Early Modern Scots. It sha
3 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
ordinar wirds an expressions. Scrievit Scots continuit in Modren an
1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
ax oot and bring their words, scrievit on the waws ootside the Pairl
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
he laun, whae hae left us nae scrievit records. Scots haudit on tae
e, and baith are aye spak and scrievit across the kintra the day. Ba
2 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
need tae get ma Mairch column scrievit early (acause o some plot) an(2019) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
this buik bi @johnstone_shane scrievit in Glesga Scots wi grace note(2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
13 Dar Oma oe A hae scrievit Ye a symphony Ye sid hearken on page 3

2 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ndeavours. "Chile Thanks You" scrievit abene the plaque wi his name on page 25

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
'm gaan ti tell it. Them that scrievit the Gweed Beuk itsel didna jo on page 72

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
ed! The jottins in aneath are scrievit in Scots – nae the Scots o
As Yorkshireman Henry Saville scrievit in 1604, gin Scotland an Engl
!), an some cove fae Ullapool scrievit tae the papers an telt us the
3 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
A'v seen it in scrievit Scots bit nae heard it. Yer s(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
fttimes soond the wye they're scrievit. Scots has a mair shalla orth (2020) twitter link
3rd year quine, in lockdoon, scrievit fower pages in Doric, a retel (2020) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
rap It IS a leid. Wi a muckle scrievit tradeetion forby echt hunner (2020) search twitter
n) disnae hae a muckle leit o scrievit tradeetion gan back 900 year (2020) search twitter
r ain ongaun canon o new work scrievit first in Scots an nae ither l(2020) search twitter
tae 105, or as @billykayscot scrievit in his forewird "For wee wean(2020) search twitter
An we awready hae a staunnert scrievit.(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
a homologatit scrievit stannèrt fur writ Ulstèr-Sc on page 22
fur settin stannèrts fur tha scrievit Ulstèr-Scotch leid maun be g on page 43
èr settin stannèrts fur tha scrievit kine o Ulstèr-Scotch. on page 44
patents fur pittin taaked an scrievit ownin in tha Ulstèr-Scotch l on page 47

6 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Scrievit bae
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
see oor fu notys oan privacy, scrievit in Inglisch, ga’oan tae
1 matches

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