A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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westminster Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.6 40.7 11.9 9.9 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences9381 8 1 0 2 1
Number of authors24 19 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of westminster in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
owre wheengin self-interestit Westminster snobs. on page 77

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Kennin the Eton platoon doon Westminster they wid probably on page 119
the while the politicians at Westminster wash doon caviar and on page 123

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he posh-boys natterin-hoose o Westminster, bit the results o the last e on page 7
s budget keeps getting cut bi Westminster, an in eddication the SNP hae on page 8
formin tae the model o whit a Westminster political pairty shuid be, an on page 10
Westminster sey oniethin? No that A've he on page 18
lesser ranks hae aye come fae Westminster. Things hae definitely gotten on page 19
Also on pages 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 41, 42, 45, 47, 49, 52, 53, 58, 64, 77, 80, 81, 89, 91, 102, 126, 127, 128, 133
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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
r tae be ane reservit tae the Westminster Pairlament. on page 19

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and tholed Westminster's ilka wrang on page 20

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
or Lesser-Used Languages, the Westminster government's leetin o Scots i on page 56

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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hae heard aboot it as the ‘Westminster power grab’, but will they
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
r finest, did they? An’ noo Westminster will tak’ oor finest an’
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
, or are ye for Tory rule fae Westminster and stervin sackless wee bair
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tuency vote gaes the same way Westminster is like tae i Scotland, then
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the divide o Scotland vs. the Westminster establishment, they simply ca
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
liver a strang SNP cohort tae Westminster i Mey. Noo, the SNP isna a ra
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Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
usterity policies comin oot o Westminster haed been servin tae silence
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
esentin socialist ideology at Westminster. Hooanever, syne Labour showe
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
be ahead, but dinnae look tae Westminster.. SNP will continue to show b (2022) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
iven" to the Scottish govt by Westminster (btw thank you very much fir (2022) twitter link
hHS is still 'given' to us by Westminster. Nae need fir wee insults btw (2022) twitter link
as a gift fae oor maisters in Westminster fir which wir sae grateful !! (2022) twitter link
LL think we'll get nothin fae Westminster and aw oor siller payed in ow (2022) twitter link
nfiltrated by Dark Forces fae Westminster. Ye'll fund oot tae whit degr (2022) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@DABArbuckle tweeted
As lang as it divides us fae Westminster Dougie we'll be daein jist gr(2020) search twitter
ree itsel fae the shackles of Westminster. Cannae wait.(2020) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
our potential as we give give Westminster a raft of oor money tae keep! (2022) twitter link
cotExpress As long as we have Westminster that doesnae matter tae some (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ts. An Scots MP's yaise it at Westminster tae: https://t.co/dulatRtgX8 (2020) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
hae years, Scotland has had a Westminster govt it DIDNAE VOTE FOR. On w (2021) twitter link

Doric

@72redz1903 tweeted
diplomacy with a recalcitrant Westminster and anti-ref consensus (2022) twitter link
isolation as per the current Westminster lot. It’s a decision for an (2022) twitter link
nal Aye, like we should trust Westminster tae help support Scotland pos (2021) twitter link
urse, distinct fae the London Westminster, nesty and reactionary polemi (2021) twitter link
important- fact is that both Westminster and Holyrood failed tae fully (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
esumin tae be oor maisters in Westminster. Accurate, guid Scots and nae (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
hid's closser tae the leid o Westminster as the leid Craigmillar.
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
In Westminster Abbey how long ye've lain on page 28
Westminster Abbey for whence it came on page 29

2 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
aks the legislation forrit aa Westminster. on page 26

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