A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

survive Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.2 24.2 13.4 39.7 17.4 20.7 13.3
Number of occurrences6948 9 4 3 2 3
Number of authors50 32 6 4 3 2 3

Occurrences of survive in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
deith-strakes ah've bore tae survive. on page 36

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
. They don't teach yi how tae survive oot oan the streets in school on page 11

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Robertson, James Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
re's some bairns dee and some survive. on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
since ye'll survive oan chain pub fuid an crisps on page 27

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hat an mair, they micht juist survive anither cruel winter. on page 55
uir beasts were ower waik tae survive, faur less tae be pit tae the on page 63

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ules involved in ma fight tae survive, that's fur fuckin sure. Aye, on page 14
Ah told him: "Jist trying tae survive another week oan the dole." on page 20

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
skooshed the crummies. 'If ye survive yer first year, ye micht jist on page 96

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
tak tent o. Jist as the leids survive, sae on page 63
spectabilty or creativity tae survive - think o fiddle-an-box club on page 75
We're ower puir tae survive on oor lane on page 133
hae far ower muckle debt tae survive alane on page 145

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
lins eh've got that eh yaz ti survive, on page 110

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is. Stories on the ither hand survive because fowk find in them whi on page 10
aye been needit tae help them survive. In the new warld sic skills on page 82
n him Bloody Clavers. Stories survive because fowk think they tell on page 116

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Fir juist waantin the Pit tae survive on page 68

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
y it did (but no lang enough) survive. Gin the grocery's founder-pr on page 72

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Daith will dee, our sowels survive. on page 97

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
nt whether or no his son will survive tae on page 127

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t o the problem. The leid can survive gin thir hamely uisses are ha on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
THE Scots language will only survive if the Scots nation yaises it
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
h canna be siccar a few'll no survive the ferlie smorin:-
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
y restrictit form that disnae survive intil the 20th century. The m
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ority leids in the world will survive unless there some deliberate
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
, as ye say, if a tung is tae survive as a full-blawn national stau
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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
ng aboot it. Tae get them tae survive you need tae kill the musicia
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Gin ye survive the mass attack,
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
AD. Sax symbol stanes o bulls survive fae a faur mair muckle group
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
he Scots language is like tae survive the neist twa three generatio
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ts haes bin thrawn eneuch tae survive sae lang wioot the kinna gove
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
thay escape? Howfur cuid thay survive?
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
But what daes survive o, an what div we ken in gene
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
t wantit tae see the language survive.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dna e’en hae the skeels tae survive. The briganders wha’d gotte
fund him. Foo wis he gaun tae survive in the open in thir empty was
reestit mutton in it. Ah can survive this, he thocht.
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
999jjs Smart but a fud, how I survive is a mystery ??(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
our culture now struggling to survive and like to have tae give up (2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Manwairing ! How kin we iver survive on oor ain? We need the cleve (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
“I did survive!” We wis robbed! https://t.c(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
d ony o Ben Carson's patients survive when he wis a surgeon? Acause(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
When they telt me ah micht no survive ah wis thinkin aboot her sayi (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
blem lies and brechin may yet survive again (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ed bi Chairlie Ogilvie. If ye survive that, ye'll survive onything. on page 44

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ons, they wid adjust tee...an survive. Bit he kent, noo, aat chynge on page 96

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
rt, "Scripter says 'Man canna survive on naethin bit loaf; bit he c on page 10

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Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
jist tae survive on page 51

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Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
ngual an diverse. In order te survive in these changin times, the p
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
‘If you want to survive, you’re going to have to le
€™re getting old. You won’t survive much longer in a place like t
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ely on the United Kingdom tae survive ilka time that they gaung tae
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit, hoo tae survive hid, ah'm no very sure - whi on page 76

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
. "Thir jeust no sure whit'll survive the chaenge." An the staetion on page 99

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n the neem o Heaven did Harry survive?’
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@peediepuss tweeted
_stout @sjurdur They seem tae survive ower weel but my God they din(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r. An ah'm sure dat hotel can survive withoot your custom. I wid lo on page 26

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Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
a lobster can survive dis wadder.
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Silverweed helped folk to survive starvation durin a dark time (2014) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
How mony stane pigs still survive on page 45

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@StuartPoet tweeted
aw tae see this landmark shop survive the crisis ?? https://t.co/YM(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
ll pass ower an' yae'll still survive. on page 48

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
a schuil o' fasch ettlin tae survive in watter at bes shrinkin an' on page 20

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Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
That’s hoo we’ll aa survive.
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