A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

valid Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.6 12.1 4.5 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2824 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors19 15 3 1

Occurrences of valid in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae it fur me. Ma feelins urr valid, urr they no? Is that no whit on page 12

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo shrugs oaff this rather valid point. "They'U ke what ah tel on page 132
ile. Dreadin the answer but a valid question none the same. on page 181

2 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
oncise Scots Dictionar (CSD) 'valid, effective, decisive' it fits on page 59

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
rievit and spoken forms, as a valid means o communication. on page 4
e increased yiss o Scots as a valid an visible means o communicat on page 5

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nt, the waddin wid be legally valid. And noo, Klaus could see tha on page 144
this mairriage isnae legal or valid. Violet, ye arenae a coontess on page 152

2 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
be juist as ‘real’ an ‘valid’ as experience o the world
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
that whit they'r sayin isnae valid, an neither is their wey o sa
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
hinkin ma choices o wirds wir valid. Aw ma English freends an fai
1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ins an howps an lives were as valid as ma ain. Yet aw ah saw wis
wricht, but it didnae seem as valid as mine. An so, ah weened, sh
e believe ma feelins are mair valid than theirs. And never tae as
3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
nd, so for me it’s alive an valid an Ah’ve a right tae speak
e be respected an accepted as valid an equal: that’s a step too
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
er ither laddies, wi nae mair valid raison ither than they aw lou
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
nd ‘sair yin’ are equally valid and equally likely tae be hea
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Wis valid, real an’ true,
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
shite fae people, some of it valid but some real nasty bastards (2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
heir natural wiy o speakin is valid.(2016) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
th another point. Both points valid as fuck, but don't get grumpy (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n you come on here and give a valid opinion on something and some (2021) twitter link

Doric

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ed an spukken forms, tae be a valid means o communication. Aiberd
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
enough tae see that whatever valid point you may make is wrapped (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
6414 @dipduckdive @ScotlandNT Valid point. Chemistry and balance (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
er. if we think your claim is valid, we'll compensate your - wha on page 75

1 matches

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