A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sports Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 24.7 15.1 39.7 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences6348 10 4 0 0 1
Number of authors27 17 7 2 1

Occurrences of sports in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
dn't compete against women in sports like this. If you ask-' on page 12

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ken aboot chappies an crusty sports socks on page 41

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e Edinburgh tracks. Different sports, different worlds. And it wis on page 68
ily danglin fae his mooth. He sports a sombre on page 182

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
her dementit screivins in the sports pages o the London blatts wha on page 79

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
that video gemmes let ye play sports like fitba and basketbaw and on page 24

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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
vin an cuid ware thair tyme i sports an yatt-races. Thusgates the on page 13

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nie an a rowth o gentilmanlie sports, he agrees ti byde a week. Th
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ade intil the media wis throu sports reportin. The moral is that y
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wi marone sports breiks crowled out frae unner
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
documentar on TV aboot Morgan sports cars. John Harvey-Jones, the
rgan wisna haein thon. Morgan sports cars wis warks o airt made bi
. Appliein modren methods tae sports cars isna the same as appliei
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
it to the needs of lessons an sports’ day, wha cuid mind ilka ba
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Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Then a gie in tae JD Sports
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
eg empathy an the knocked-aff sports socks…
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I’v been agin field sports aw ma days, an whiles I ken i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
e likes o Sir Sean Connery an sports stars the likes o Kenny Dalgl
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
that’s just tumbled through Sports Division. ‘Ah’ve goat it!
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t shaws his passion for thair sports as weel as a guid kennin o th
an thair commitment tae thair sports. He shaws an aw that Scots af
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ed ma career as a Lecturer in Sports Studies, sounds posher, bit A
when a former student, now a Sports Studies Lecturer, too, moaned
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
or appreciation o’ minority sports. A mentioned how urbanites, w
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
loved ma job, teachin’ all sports, Swimmin’, Health an’ Fit
e 5 letter word which was the sports broadcaster’s bane, was “
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McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
soonds exackly like their “sports an politics is hailly separat
ul wey that athletes, fans an sports govrenin bodies can mak a sta
, likeweys rugby. An, indeed, sports can be yaised as venues for p
ts unilaterally declarin that sports an politics haes nae pynts o
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
sumthin mair muckle sic as a sports team or community action grou
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fastest boay in the cless oan sports day. By droappin a couple ae
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lsonauthor u can play so many sports at the wide open spaces at th (2021) twitter link
n_Pacey @Neillyf88 east coast sports cars - run by ian and kevin (2020) twitter link
_sport @WeAreScottishFB its a sports complex after all - your fre (2020) twitter link
6 m8 eer no payin for premier sports - plenty free live streams - (2021) twitter link
people still pay for premier sports lol (2021) twitter link
and 11 other occurrences.

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Gregor teen is een aff Friday Sports Scene fir a meenit te leuk it on page 38

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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
(the local name for Hammarby sports club) stood clappin their air
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
It wis the schule sports day an Dauvit Duff didna wint
The schule sports war gyaun tae be dreidfu. Joh
re tae win ilkie event in the sports, Dauvit kent fine. At the fir
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Nae sports centres cos we played ootside
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@daleser23 tweeted
arsed arguing. Just watch sky sports news and see sum o the goals (2013) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
s fit is on the board fer the sports playing in the bar! ?????? ht(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@kwr260 @cligeey Roslyn Sports and e Rubber Shop ana.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ctors afore he sterted makkan sports kers. When he sterted tae bui
rs. When he sterted tae build sports kers in the sixties, he estab
wey that maks the famous reid sports kers, the wans that Ah’m st
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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
tae deu wae leisure - games, sports, music- maakan, mischief –

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Naw furgettin sports o coorse, on page 42

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