A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

tested Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 4 11.8 0 0 0 9.7
Number of occurrences218 8 0 0 0 2
Number of authors13 7 3 1

Occurrences of tested in Corpus

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Central

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
ine minutes. The soup will be tested at some point on page 88

1 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
"You need your eyes tested; she says back. Nae bother wi on page 10

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tested positive, And that naeboady f on page 57

1 matches

White, George But the heart is gallus, (Facebook 2024) Central, prose
™s pure devotion…true an’ tested
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
e’s text me tae say she’s tested positive. And that naeboady f
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
essingLife Are ye any better? Tested?(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
ces comin in August, tried an tested by the likes o @Smithycroft28 (2018) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ine oh work if your no gettin tested - fgs! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wisna sure fit wis wrang. He tested the battery
"Is your truck insured and tested?' Asks the bobby. "Div you th
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
n at the Broch gettin his een tested. He thocht he wis
advise you to have your eyes tested." Jonsar thocht oh weel he ke
ae Aiberdeen tae get your een tested." Auld Eck
hospital get his bloomin heid tested as weel."
4 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
At the outset, I couldn't get tested anywhere. First half of 2020 (2021) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
team tae count. Have yae been tested?(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ild an pilot a wee aeroplane. Tested up thon Carmoney Hill an then (2021) twitter link
ild an pilot a wee aeroplane. Tested up thon Carmoney Hill an then(2021) search twitter