A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

seeing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 14.9 28.6 9.9 40.7 41.3 0
Number of occurrences6029 19 1 7 4 0
Number of authors38 20 11 1 5 1

Occurrences of seeing in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
plain it is tae dae it." (An, seeing as how ye might fancy hivvin on page 27

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Seeing leo's loss o face on page 17

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
s by trapping the reader into seeing the action through the eyes o on page 84

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
busy watchin the wee dugs an seeing an openin in the tent, he stu on page 98

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er it wiz no earlier. That is seeing as she condemned her only son
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
re aw ower the excitement o seeing each other, it’s straight i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e Dysart Lamp(a sequel) an On seeing myself in a Morning Mirror, t
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
hs on either side. I remember seeing a couple o mallard drakes scu
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Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o tea. This wis no lang eftir seeing the “Hoops” being crooned
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
et his heid aroon whit he wis seeing. It wis Broonie who screamed
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
the rest of her life without seeing other members of the family.
- if you’re going to start seeing things, might as well make it
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
she has dune, and I canna get seeing her inside. I should like unc
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
disnae like us enough to keep seeing us. Ah’m no surprised, ken,
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ay, the best feeling there is seeing their wee face light (2020) search twitter
ssFlyByNight @AndyTelferLegge Seeing ma wee man's cute face. https(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
nk too. Can you still do that seeing their not selling it on the p(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
tae hell in a handcart Des... Seeing less o' ma peeps everyday mat (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
w and venue. Look forward tae seeing you all in 2015!?(2014) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ley I cannae believe whit I'm seeing. Jeez. ?????(2019) search twitter
dunbar147 Looking forward tae seeing it x(2018) search twitter
kayscot Gorgeous couple! Love seeing auld photies.(2018) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
second tier. Look forward to seeing him progress farther against (2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
This is why we're still seeing people wandering aboot tesco (2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
ma first jaw-dropping moment seeing the Dali, and no jist the day (2022) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
@lokiscottishrap I am SICK o seeing my country get lied tae an th (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
vy_gallacher that wid b barry seeing the hibs didnae make it lol (2020) twitter link
nRBrown85 had the pleasure of seeing both semi finals and then a c (2021) twitter link
onawhillansx @JackGilchrist__ seeing its u shona - a hope they da (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
(Seeing Spirit) on page 59
he gift of transfiguration or seeing spirit." on page 60

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
You don't imagine I'll enjoy seeing one of my men executed do you on page 17

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Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
Syne, seeing that een o his son’s curls
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Ye canna mind ever seeing yer mam and dad thigether in
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Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
next couple o days jist sicht seeing. A hid a grand time poppin in
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Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
Noo seeing this the loon runs up the roa
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Facebook link ( 2013) Doric - Buckie
nybudy wyive nooadays? I myne seeing the auld wiffies wi thir wisk

The Flying Pigs Use of the common good fund for slap-up feed merely follows in grand old tradition, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
he three lads I’m currently seeing follow in that couple’s foo
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The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
en able tae blissfully ignore seeing as we niver get nae reminders
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Seeing this Chopper minded me i' tak(2017) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
was wonderful on Sunday, but, seeing the man at the Tivoli! Yaaass (2022) twitter link
was wonderful on Sunday, but, seeing the man at the Tivoli! Yaaass (2022) twitter link
igh risk but generally we are seeing the benefits (2022) twitter link
@ScottBurns75 Exactly, I keep seeing the bemoaning aboot the fact (2022) twitter link
NeilDrysdale Great memories o seeing them in Ritzy’s and their la (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@fittiecrooners tweeted
& just aboot hid heart attack seeing this https://t.co/VYnabyl9E3(2016) search twitter
day but am easily tempted wee seeing that noo(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tell you xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx seeing as it will soon be at home so on page 37

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Centuries, I'm been seeing that O; on page 24

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De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
..the deadly clarity of this 'seeing of a hungry man.'" on page 19

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Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ng, handsome, quiskery, face. Seeing da scarfs an tysties, an mibe
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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Seeing all these bairns in da lights (2018) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e Bunny da Selkie, especially seeing the lungworm photos on Facebo(2020) search twitter
ing aboot doing the dishes is seeing who is visiting my garden. Ju(2014) search twitter
potting1 to represent finally seeing Trainspotting2 tonight. Brill(2017) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Braw seeing @scotgov C-19 advisor and Pro(2020) search twitter
ff. Sunday gonnae be tough no seeing the mammies and daughters and(2020) search twitter
@drmarkjardine Seeing as Scots was then an official(2020) search twitter
nicoll3 That's what I thought seeing the photie.(2020) search twitter