A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tend Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.2 21.1 7.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 26.6
Number of occurrences5541 5 1 1 1 6
Number of authors36 27 4 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of tend in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ae Scots no mony translaters tend tae use. Where Glaswegian tra on page vii

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
An tend ilk seelent graff in the widl on page 73

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ti tend, nae tilth or husbandry on page 91

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah tend tae juist get fed up on page 15

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
airge ye tae luve him aye and tend him weel... for a day will co on page 43
an feed, chastise, cuddle an tend fower steirin laddies tinnin on page 73

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
There's mony hings ye tend tae mind as ye gang aboot yer on page 21

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
s only fower, an' she hid tae tend tae us aw, there wis six o' u on page 6
twa bairns, so Ah'd them tae tend tae an' aw. Jessie wis still on page 37

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rkin as a haime help where ah tend tae the auld dears and gentle on page 28

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
membership, that the members tend tae be a lot mair 'leftish' t on page 10
o the communitie, an hou they tend, as a result, tae be a lot ma on page 29
n o sic things, they likewise tend no tae ken wha Jock Tamson is on page 75

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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
it wi middle class behaviour, tend tae get affy short shrift in on page 9
ide. Fowk in the modern warld tend tae think that Radicalism an on page 120

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tae tend, nae tilth or husbandry on page 54

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Tae tend ma open wounds. on page 20

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Ti tend, nae tilth or husbandry on page 91

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t Scots speakers: wad thay no tend ti ken a bittie better nor th on page 4

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
wey.) This wey o luikin daes tend tae bring furrit anti-authori on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
velt tae Miranda do Duoro tae tend. Amang thaim tendin, the wis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
th raisons, A wisnae able tae tend ony o the Scots language forg
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
aw thi daylicht hoors ye will tend thaim,
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
meenister haed tae leave tae tend tae ither maitters, the feck
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nglish syntax like this disna tend ti dae the same wi verb pairt
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
nged sen syne. For aa that we tend tae luik back on a gowden tim
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n. Safer tae set him doon, Ah tend tae think. She disna. Cairts
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
et me. A like dugs, and dugs tend tae like me, but this boy’s
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an tend the gairden by himsel.
ye're the heid gairdner. Tend it richt.
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
lity. An it's aye cheaper tae tend the gairden ye've got than it
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
l wi the great unwashed, they tend tae lippent tae theirsels by
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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
s eve ur ri day afore sin' ye tend tae rub noses wi' a fair numm
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
, when sumhing gangs wrang ye tend tae hink it must somehoo be y
1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fs birlin in the wind. Tho we tend tae focus on naitur’s abíl
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
iddle an upper clesses) dinna tend tae leuk on the language favo
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
SSE (and Scots) speikers tend tae aspirate wh-wirds, sic th
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@g_hibby tweeted
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e tae like.. :) I'll away and tend tae yer tweets noo... ?? http (2023) twitter link

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Ye tend tae go back tae Christy live (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ither en a crowd, normally ye tend tae get a bit a buther a sum on page 30

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Dating may be for you if you tend to get tongue-tied, nervous a on page 36

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@72redz1903 tweeted
ikers currently scoring goals tend nae tae be available. Eg Nisb (2021) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
_Bold Anecdotally, the bairns tend tae use Twitter mair for foll (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
d that youngeens nooadays wid tend tae say ‘who’. Tae me,

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
kent for bein unsociable. Dey tend tae bide on dir ain an mairry
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
wad dae fine. Yon's hoo we'd tend tae spell it owre this wey.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
schuil whan I was eleven til tend tae him, an God knows I foofe on page 4
s sent up tae the kintrie tae tend tae yer da. An Tam, God test on page 6
alane fur he knowed onlie tae tend til his sheep an no til his w on page 17
ontae the scullery table tae tend tae hir cut knees. Hans that on page 29
a wi'oot a newborn babbie tae tend tae. Maisie minded the lang r on page 47

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@MarkThompStuff tweeted
14 @padraigfd @HurchinHome We tend to not use "ken" much althoug(2020) search twitter

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