A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

unit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 12.3 19.6 0 23.2 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4424 13 0 4 1 2
Number of authors23 14 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of unit in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
bags. The coffee table and TV unit are sparklin clean tae efter on page 143
y. "That's the Intensive Care unit, right?" on page 177

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
fae the drug an alcohol abuse unit two buildins doon, an how her on page 153
ess is: Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Buckhead Hospital, Glasgow. on page 155
ory the day. We startet a new unit on Changin Public Health in t on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A ticht wee faimily unit, on page 140

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
ory the day. We startet a new unit on Changin Public Health In t
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
whan A goat intae the midwife unit A jist stripped aff – claes
1 matches

gov.scot Biggin a strang future for Gaelic an Scots, (Scottish Government 2022) Central, government
ion durin a visit tae the GME unit at Goodlyburn Primary in Pert
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
lane next tae some industrial unit ah need fur ma purposes an ah
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
hotie of the Buddha up on the unit in their bedroom and noo and
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ure) the Higher Still Support Unit eventually produced support m
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lus the totty size o her care unit - takin baith rotations theg
drive an fund the psychiatric unit, whaur they were shawn intae
The care unit he belangt had a wheen eildit
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ncept; an intangible thing, a unit ay measurement – a means ay
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
aitural and fundamental group unit o society and is entitelt tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
es o the war an ane logistics unit o the Free Polish airmy wis s
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
syne mell thegither intae ane unit; gin ye ken the individual wi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’It’s on the tv unit’’ the boay says. In a mix
thick broon envelope oaff the unit that hus a cinematic telly pl
in this rather large storage unit.
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
to them - this team is some unit n oozes quality with a top dr (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
a car battery an a indicater unit tae maak thim flash, bit aat on page 34

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an steed up aneth the air-con unit aat wis ariddy bummin awa. on page 10

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wa year auld frae the Culture Unit an the recipient wis tae be B
ran jyned the Human Nutrition Unit in Embro, an Cammy wis shot a
wirkit in the culture-carrier unit that hid pyed the wages o his
wa frae Meikleburgh's Culture-unit guttin yairds. He wis a perni
ms fur the eese o the Culture-unit, herrin haein near deed oot w
9 matches

@cligeey tweeted
BBCScotlandNews Wis the Burns unit nae oot(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
undertsandin an Communication unit o the Scots Language Award. T (2020) twitter link

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
A syllable is really jüst a unit o speech soond(s) at can be s on page 27
ae mak new wirds. Da peeriest unit at haes sum kind o semantic c on page 38
laek a single unit. Da choice o wirds idda expre on page 99

3 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
Got a peerie #kallax unit fae @IKEAUK daday and my god (2019) twitter link

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
saipret unit, an aa ma life up Borth’ick
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
' staff a portable exhibition unit fit on page 8
forder a portable exhibition unit at can gie a professional on page 46

2 matches

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