A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

slightly Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 12.9 21.1 9.9 11.6 0 17.7
Number of occurrences4625 14 1 2 0 4
Number of authors28 15 7 1 2 3

Occurrences of slightly in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
s. The three others ir walkin slightly behind. A dunno them, but at on page 18
a eye. She looks doon ever so slightly, n gees us this mad look. A h on page 27

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
e ae the body rockin ever sae slightly oan its wheels. They wur aw o on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tarts up on the sound system. Slightly gassed folk raise thur fing'r on page 1

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
He appears tae look slightly perplexed by ma revelation. A on page 162

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the big friendly giant (he's slightly taller than me) but see next on page 169

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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'I think,' said Cloot, still slightly frazzelt, 'I'd better be gett on page 16

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Some words which only have a slightly different pronunciation in Sc on page 18

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Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
aw that wi specific n ever so slightly individual meanings fir each.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
with style and oil disnae. A slightly odd ane is shot-the-craw (gae
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
toaps again, openin the door, slightly at first, till he’s satisfi
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade who’s come back doon slightly, save fur his inane grin.
red effect in clearin ma heid slightly an ah lean back savourin the
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ch but it overshoots the jack slightly, comin tae rest aboot a fit b
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
didni’ mean it!” said she slightly barbed! “Ok yin mair try? O
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
e bed. Her long black hair is slightly coverin her puss and a crack
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tch that’s bleedin ever sae slightly. He stands up and takes a slo
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ask. Aw sceptical, likes. But slightly hopeful at the same time.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
nd up ma legs wobble ever sae slightly. And as a result, ah hesitate
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@MartinBroon tweeted
ndNT Nice tae hear an inglish slightly loosin the plot... Meanwhile,(2019) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
r thought o that. ?? mibbes I slightly exaggerated.(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
much it offends me. I ayeways slightly rise tae it, and reply with t (2022) twitter link
every day changes that, even slightly, sometimes massively. Robert (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
f ye'd like tae see me lookin slightly uncomfortable in front o oor (2019) twitter link

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
a slightly wattered doon version o Donal on page 18

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
sch noticed her chickens were slightly agitatit, an Ben Bruce fae th on page 118

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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
tin’s mom is there, standin slightly awa fae the rest o the weemin
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Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
rted makkin tuttin sounds and slightly shakkin his heed.
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ation, shook her heed ever so slightly and helped her aff with her c
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@72redz1903 tweeted
and his team mates - looked slightly alienated. On the ither hand, (2022) twitter link
play for. Feeling optimistic (slightly) (2022) twitter link
win? Jack Ross? That wid be a slightly ironic appointment (2022) twitter link
@ajmurison @AberdeenFC I’m slightly surprised he’s nae starting (2022) twitter link
best, grudging praise if nae slightly bitter account of a game in (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@Franwella tweeted
p :) Thankyou for bbsitting...slightly longer than expected!!! xx(2011) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ae the accent changed ever so slightly (2021) twitter link
coast and the accents change slightly from village tae village...ah (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
slightly diminished, ye might say. on page 7

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
o much he loved it. He hedd a slightly foreign accent, at I coodna q on page 54

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
an I honestly dinna even feel slightly guilty aboot it. It's no lik (2021) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Mak's men go slightly mad. on page 19

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@the_gellick tweeted
Cud ye gie us "slightly fanatical" in #UlsterScots? C (2015) twitter link
@greachan_gallda Nae "slightly" aboot thon Campbell cratur a (2015) twitter link

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
moot point Alex as there are slightly differing forms within counti(2020) search twitter

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