A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of union in Corpus

Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r wis talk aboot cryin in the union but, as Cherlie pyntit oot, H on page 86

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
theif brains. Yachtin oan the Union Canal? Just gottae be 4 crack on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
nimals lat there be faut-free union, faut-free britherhood in the on page 6

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
aw their laun - dissolve the Union, thon glaikit pretence whaur on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Peden blessed the matrimonial union o Isabel Weir an his auld an on page 43

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
in a union biled in hell, aa wrang, on page 36

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
that hae duin weel oot o the Union; damnit few in terms o the ki on page 17
lickspittle devotion tae the Union Flag. Sae, onwards. Bit aye m on page 21
ically driven, fanatical anti-union dash tae profitisation. Tae t on page 23
e wey o things as pairt o the Union, on page 28
Covenant (a.k.a. The Treaty o Union) comin intae force an agreeme on page 41
Also on pages 43, 44, 51, 52, 55, 58, 59, 61, 71, 78, 80, 85, 102, 109, 112, 115, 117, 126, 129
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
man's social union is still trehin ti on page 3

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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
ATWEEN WHITEHALL STREET an Union Street in the centre o the to on page 16
fell dangerous wark. So their union mannie had a ward wi the gang on page 58
The imposition o the Treaty o Union in 1707 thro blatant bribery on page 120
place in Joe Stalin's Soviet Union. They were aw transportit tae on page 123
e crowd poucd 1t wi a rope up Union Street, alang the Nethergate, on page 126

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ma interest in the union grew owre time on page 80
Ah became the union delegate, on page 83
ederated female flute players union, pedlars o quack meidicines, on page 110

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
in 1603, faur less since the Union o Pairlaments in 1707. Ower t on page 7

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
te banner! An Scotland in the Union! Bi some hap suddenly fu o ge on page 45
the 'Pretend Union' o Scotland on page 50
union whaur they on page 86

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
otland alang in the astrictit union whan it is weil seen that a f on page 110

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Efter the Union, it seems the war ither weys on page 24

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
an opeinions anent political union wi the Auld Inemy. on page 132

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
aimily wi strang ties tae the union muivement. He left schuil, Da on page 133

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
7 wis flichtit oot the Soviet Union. This prog won at Venus, gaed
modren word lunar. The Soviet Union wis the first tae send oot cr
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e enclaves athin the European Union (EU), the high heid anes haud
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
e 300t anniversar o the Act o Union.
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ds wis reddit by the European Union an the Cooncil
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
inal value. Be the time o the Union o the Crouns in 1603, Scottis
oinage was cawed in efter the Union o the Parliaments. At this py
h circulation. Efter the 1707 Union, o coorse, the coinage was un
al element meltit doun at the Union o the Pairliaments.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 81 - Chynge for chynge’s sake?, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
n time for the leid afore the Union o the Crowns an the Union o t
o the Crowns an the Union o the Parliaments, whan Scots
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
equent tae thon, follaein the Union o the Crouns, been settelt by
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
r hale decades o the European Union. But there wis nae sign o ony
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
a nationalist threat tae the Union, but nae maitter whit thair m
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
isic. An o coorse in 1603 the union o the crouns gart the Scots c
Union o the crouns
e in 1707 wi the passin o the Union wi England Act. The Union bro
wi England Act. The Union brocht wi it social an econom
ntisyzygetic identity in post-Union Scotland, whaur fowk muisic w
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
whan we gae oot the European Union could spik o empie shelfs an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
-ian principles, hivin been a union upsteerer, a CND campaigner a
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y walks by wae his da wavin a Union Jack wae an image ay Brian La
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Turnin the corner oan tae Union Street fae Gordon Street ah s
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
new clause threaps that: 'The Union sall respeck its rich cultura
ity in the Braidened European Union wis tendit bi forspeakers fra
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Languages athin the European Union. Efter a week's collogue wi a
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Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
t Ginger slept wi were in the Union Canal no the Hudson river.
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tim was fund face doon in the Union Canal, the cause o death wis
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
heir ain, sae, as lang as the Union lasts, “God Save the Queen�
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
we wis bein’ gubbed by the Union ivery time ah steppit oot o�
ago an’ then some. Acts of Union. Sale o’ the century. Scotl
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
d tae be part o’ the Soviet Union, even the titchy wee places l
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Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
broken nature’s social union
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ortant like wis the political union wi Ingland in 1707 that meant
at yokin them in a political union wadna wirk. His uncannie son
Treaty of Union 1707
�s fernyears nor the Treaty o Union atween Ingland an Scotland, a
gly referred tae the Treaty o Union as the ‘Act o Union’. In
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Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
Union ceetizens that bides in Scotl
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
regairds tae the case for the Union that wis endorsed than. Monie
we were telt lippened on the Union hae noo gane – includin mon
for the welfare state, tredd union richts, civil liberties an re
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
i the Cooncil o the European Union. The sae-cried European Pairl
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
��s memmership o the European Union.
de as a memmer o the European Union or come oot the European Unio
or come oot the European Union?
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
was the national mythos o the Union state – you were depauperat
’s that’s fechtin for the Union doesna gie feg for “redistr
a, noo that the Tories is The Union, the Labour vote in elections
ere, aince eerrant saufin The Union, wir Unionists sall list in t
stribution ye’ll can shak a Union Jack chip poke at is leein bo
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
fundamentalist defence o the Union. While haudin on tae their co
claes as the defenders o the Union. Richt across Scotland, the d
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ready allied hersel tae tredd union efforts tae resist the warst
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
it hairder tae organise tredd union activity: a progressive bloc
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
is atween the pairties o the Union, an the pairties o independen
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
discuss naething but currency union? There wis a lot “deep” i
r frae hopeful Aye voters tae Union Jack wavin thugs. But the 45%
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ckle reason fir preservin the Union. Maist rhetoric frae ‘Aye�
ees. As a student an National Union o Students (NUS) office beare
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
dless o fowks’ views on the Union an the prospect o Scots Indep
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
shooglie nail that hauds the union thegither.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
th while for it? Shuirlie the Union's no hingin on sic a shooglie
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hauf ay the money by Western Union an MoneyGram. We hud tae dae
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
rlinin hoo, gin their marital union could be realisit, their ‘�
irriage, which doesnae permit union atween wimmen.
a society whaur heterosexual union wis the anely form permittit.
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Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
ushie Empire, than the Soviet Union, some pan-Slavic Roushie-cent
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
The toun welcomes ye wi a Union Jack fleein, a cafe cried the
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
hite with names, being called union is worrisome so understandabl(2020) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
it maks a cheenge frae the ‘union dividend’ legend.(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
or who suffer under this crap Union. https://t.co/QVbSzB13j7 (2022) twitter link
e wait tae see the back o the Union. Dinnae lump thaim aw thegith (2022) twitter link
u believe that!! TRUELY! Your UNION according to your thinking ha (2022) twitter link
this backward- looking false Union. There's a world role for Sco (2022) twitter link
by another. The EU is a true union. Best option for any country (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
whaur Frasers uised tae be on Union St) that tells ye that "aye '(2020) search twitter
y, Murdo, Annie, Wee Willile, Union Jack, Greasy Pole Banchory Bo(2020) search twitter
pute that if we opted out the Union we could escape Brexit: maun (2020) search twitter
and sauls. Lowse us frae the Union.(2020) search twitter
is swith frae this Lyke like Union(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
rythin intae KEEPIN us in the Union??? Jist tae drain their resou (2022) twitter link
as recognised by the European Union as a 'Minority Language' in 1 (2022) twitter link
ANY lengths tae preserve the union. (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
und/Scotland wis eikit by the Union’s bond” eikit:added https:/(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
single positive impact o the union oan ma life. Still lookin fur(2020) search twitter
tives Biggest threat tae the 'union' is Boris Johnson and his Tol(2020) search twitter
ie, DOES Scotland get fae the union? Oh, ye mean 'shafted?'(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
isnae naked, she's hiding her Union Jack underwear beneath her cl (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
had hunners of years in this Union where we will never reach our (2022) twitter link
thing and your tweet is mair Union lies. (2022) twitter link
@GlennBBC Mair Union p*sh fae you (2022) twitter link

@annieones tweeted
hort ae people (usually wae a union flag avatar) threatened by an (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
oan fur 314 year awready. The Union disnae work. An I’ve got ani (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nnae get me stertit oan rugby union - they huv tae b fecking jok (2020) twitter link

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
lang that ye cuid stretch fae Union Street tae weel beyond the We on page 25

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
uncy claes shop it the heid o Union Street. on page 30

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
as Ah stan it the crossin on Union Street. on page 43
p ootside the Monkey Hoose on Union Street, gettin pickit up wi t on page 56
n ower fae him, wi ae boob on Union Street an the tither in her h on page 61

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e heidquarters o the European Union an indeed the European parlia on page 13

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
been in ivvry nicht, nae the Union. He shoulda pit Socrates afor on page 85

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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ine became like Aiberdeen’s Union Street on a Saiturday nicht.
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McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Esplanade an' Union Grove hid an Esso tee
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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
fuid producers bi plaisterin Union Jacks aa ower packagin. Aftfi
bi a flag that symbolises the Union. Baith are misleadin an confu
Some fowk think that pitten Union Jacks on Scots produce is a u
Saltires on them raither than Union Jacks, mair fowk wad be able
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
es an gairdens, or shoppin in Union Square - fitivver suits yer (2020) search twitter

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
oft, knockin' oot Grunies oan Union Street on thon video picture (2016) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
it tae see the cup comin doon Union Street!(2014) search twitter
nd by tae tak the teamie doon Union Street I'll be hingin-luggit!(2014) search twitter
loons an quines marching doon Union Street Aiberdeen the day at 1(2014) search twitter
saw a Solicitor walking doon Union Street wi his hands in his ai(2014) search twitter
Richt bonnie flooers on Union Street Aberdeen. https://t.co(2017) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
inti Aiberdeen and up n doon Union Street. Peer loon. Naebdy kin(2019) search twitter
p ma shot fae castkegate doon Union Street and some Quine run awa(2020) search twitter
a driver fae castlegate Doon Union Street. Ti be fair I wid hiv (2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
, let's get Tae fuck out this union pish. https://t.co/RVEsZppK7z (2020) twitter link
they dinna get tae March doon Union Street banging a fuckin drum (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
with Lay down or Part of the Union(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ckle wonder half yon shops in Union St are closed, I seen a bunc (2016) search twitter
cene wis walking the mat doon Union St in 1962 but I ken fit he i(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
d, wid encourage tae tear the Union apart fur guid! Cannae wait, (2020) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
the @UlsterScotsAgen and QUB union for organising this! Brave cr(2020) search twitter