A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

speik Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.7 26.8 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5453 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors15 14 1

Occurrences of speik in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Speik in Scotch!" said the Eaglet. on page 26
he Hairy-Maggie wis furst tae speik. on page 44

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
brawest naig ti ride aroun an speik wi aw the Saunts Abuin. Guidw on page 48

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Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
the leid by fowk whae ken an speik Modern Scots but ken nocht o on page 59

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Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
irt-lik, afoir he ongaed wi'z speik ti auld Taylor, the gairdener on page 7

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Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
wul sit wi ye. Whitlik wul we speik o?" on page 1
n tak ye ti sipper, an we wul speik o naethin bot nit-tries." on page 4

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
iticall mainner. Bot ye didna speik afoir the Keing hed spak sae on page 43
llik tuik owre frae the Pecht speik as the main langage lestit ar on page 47

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
airlie begowkit ti hear a cat speik; but whan he saa the soutar g on page 42

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Scots - or aboot thaim whae speik or hae spak it. Ah strangly e on page 3
e hale leid and aw thaim whae speik it or hae spak it, scrieve it on page 4

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Wad never be as my ain mither-speik. on page 21

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
wi Hogg's mither, whaur thai speik o the disseminatioun o ballad on page 116

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
but speik the ae wurd on page 97

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ceitie leid an haimelt urban speik, in aw on page 6

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ks it seem orra nou in modren speik, kis the tairm burrow in Ingl on page 24

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Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Ayeweys be ready tae speik out your mind - on page 82

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
But this speik o miners, makkin licht o a li on page 134

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
haes ti gie us leivin, direck speik, in character, but that's as on page 136
this poem, atweill, gies him speik. The hinmaist eimage is a cou on page 141

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Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
han usual. Ye didnae need tae speik English tae ken that. The las on page 37

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
norie at ilk o hir poems soud speik til anither o hir poems! on page 91

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Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
sauf thon leid whilk we fowk speik athort the hale kintra. Thar
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rator takin a rowth o time ti speik aboot his aunt an himsel. The
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the lad expekkit hiz onkil ti speik
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e’er, whan Robb gangs on ti speik aboot Scott’s perceptioun o
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ple itsel. "1.5 million fowks speik Scots accordin tae the 2011 C
ys is a truthfu wye tae be an speik Scots. Whaurever we may leuk.
he correctness o the tongue. "Speik proper!" They said. "Aye, YE,
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Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Oan traiveller’s speik she can depone,
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
e linguistic puddock, sae tae speik.
A bodie whae can speik baith Scots and Scottish Stau
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ndry internal textual factors speik tae a genuine female voice, s
poems in the manuscript also speik tae female experience in life
he Maitland Quarto manuscript speik fur female scrievership. Inde
3 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
frae politicians wha aiblins speik an champion the uise o Scots
e the smeddum tae staun up an speik oot fir the fowk they represe
2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Speik afore flytin an dinnae dae il
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
fowk reportit that they could speik Scots, and 1.9 million report
lion reportit that they could speik, read, scrieve or unnerstaun
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n a broun coat on a grey mare speik tae his faither efter skelpin
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Doric

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
“Thay quha this day with vs speik the ald Scottis toung [..] th
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