A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

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Use in varieties of Scots

vs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 6.5 3 0 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences1913 2 0 2 0 2
Number of authors10 5 2 2 1

Occurrences of vs in Corpus

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Central

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
, braidly, by SNP nationalism vs. Labour unionism. We are noo
o in an era o SNP nationalism vs. Tory unionism. Whit micht ch
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
urg, Fernando on the Scotland vs. Qatar fitba match the nicht,
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the frame o the aulder Labour vs. Tory divide, it seems the fo
but ainlie sae lang as Labour vs. Tory wis the fundamental div
mes tae the divide o Scotland vs. the Westminster establishmen
pooer bases. The auld Labour vs. Tory divide wull be pushed s
4 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
e even mair sindry: ‘fur’ vs ‘fower’).
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
e leids, we can compare leids vs cànanan or spak vs bruidhinn
cànanan or spak vs bruidhinn. The hale biggin o
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
GethincJones if it wisnae Sco vs Wales a wid be a sportin Wale(2015) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
Danny Vs wee neilly ....??. And We AWE(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
e been waiting fir... tumshie vs neep! Like if ye cry it a tum (2019) twitter link

Doric

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
s: “Thay quha this day with vs speik the ald Scottis toung [
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
ther loons unrelated employer vs anabody. Ken fit side I'm on.(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Glæmin broon sie lævs o tang on page 27

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
e be da sam (laek Shaetlan du vs Standirt English you), bit in on page 55

1 matches

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
hinnae" and "havenae." Nuthin vs Nathin. "Turn thon TV aff" vs(2020) search twitter