A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

source Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.7 14.8 22.5 39.7 5.8 51.7 13.3
Number of occurrences5729 15 4 1 5 3
Number of authors37 20 9 2 1 4 1

Occurrences of source in Corpus

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Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
sense he wis floatin tae the source o the licht. on page 48

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a natural source o energy on page 84

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
t and Jimmy McBeath becam the source singers. Mony sangsters, wha on page 56

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s, at the hinnerend, the true source o poetic strangth. on page 100

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ots doun there hes aye been a source o amazement tae me. When I we on page 6

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ociety in Scotland 1918-1939 (Source Documents for the Scottish Re on page 96

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
oor een, the source o aa guid things, on page 12

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n hou tae haunle the tocher o source material. on page 69

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
irely, fae a hailly different source and salvaged. Haein gaun doun on page 72

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
up wi himsel. He tells us his source is Ms. Seward, wha haed a gif
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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
ars it wiz the Mars bars, the source o aa ma undoin, ma damnation,
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Norse, was, hooiver, the main source;
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
590 wis reportit in a Frainch source. In this case the peasants, i
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
de. Their reliance on it as a source o income sidelined ither new
h, but survives in Scots. The source is fae Auld French gramaire.
The new edition is a walcum source o evidence for language but i
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ity bein ripples oot fae thon source. The tottie wee wave o humani
. Huntin wis certainly a guid source o calorific meat, but it wis
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oer, immediately silencin the source ay ma torment. Ah pull the bl
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
there. Ailsa had reached the source ae the whistlin, though it em
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Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
wi out thon source
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fur. Just go straight tae the source.’ ah sais, mindin ay him ta
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
snow. The hoose wis the only source of heat fir miles ‘n’ mil
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Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
d wi kindness. Wis a freend a source o licht tae ye durin an espec
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
shit their insides oot, as an source ae amusement. Ah wis guilty a
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@pmcm1355 tweeted
it fae the same West Germanic source at the same time. Scots is ma (2022) twitter link
am fae the same West Germanic source broucht ower bae the Angles, (2022) twitter link
am fae the same West Germanic source as English, broucht ower bae (2022) twitter link
am fae the same West Germanic source as English broucht ower bae t (2022) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
xerceese tae the dog an was a source o hairmless ameesement tae th on page 55

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
nna wint ti be exposed ti the source o the information the nicht." on page 94

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Meanwhile a source on page 20

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ys Bill, ‘pulverised by the source o her ain discontentment’.
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
fell to bits, so did the last source o income in this corner o the
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
cht that wiz the maist likely source for the TB. Aifterhin I wiz s
z pleased aboot it my perfect source o tabbies wiz teen awa fae ma
t noo wi the smoking ban that source wiz fucked! Onywye I decided
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
it ends up bein the main fuid source o the hail population. Raithe
fective wey for mony fowk tae source their supper.
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Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
dlife. These plants will be a source o nectar for bees and butterf
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@beast_afc tweeted
@DiscussDandies Fars the source for this? Some saying edmonds(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Yer local map can be a rich source o Scots an Gaelic wirds fer b (2020) twitter link
ish dictionary, with headword source Gaelic. Because I am teaching (2020) twitter link
Cairts are a rare source o Scots wirdies - the day we (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
oy became a fine young man, a source o pride and joy. on page 15
A constant source o pleasure tae me faimily and on page 33
gaed oot tae investigate the source o that stramash - on page 59

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Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
air-source haet pump an double glazeen
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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
lution may provide an ongoing source of research material for PhD
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Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer secret source will aye torment on page 19

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Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
l the Scots psyche, an is the source o the weill-kent Scotch crein
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Thar’s anither source o information wurdie o listen
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
e of the day, accordin tae ma source but...(2020) search twitter
Fae ma reliable source; 1/3 https://t.co/vDcY5d5JGz(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' shud bae the source o' common crooseness, velue a on page 16
e allus tae bae gat. A secure source o' sufficient catter shud bae on page 43
source o' Ulster-Scots heirskeip an' on page 46

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