A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yoursel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 8.7 22.6 0 69.7 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4617 15 0 12 0 2
Number of authors14 8 3 3 1

Occurrences of yoursel 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

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'You'll can see yoursel,' he said, 'that yon isna a s on page 14
ter. "Whan ye are dune reddin yoursel up in the morn, yon is the ti on page 23
ounert, an syne ye lauched at yoursel. An ye said tae me: on page 26
'Atweel, ye can juidge yoursel,' the king answert. 'Yon is t on page 40
n aftwhiles greet, gin ye lat yoursel be tamed. on page 82

7 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Tak a tummile ti yoursel, min! Duis the green turn ti on page 25

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Ye're unco fain tae gowk yoursel, I'm suir! on page 45

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"Fit, Andra - 'mo thon stour yoursel? on page 50

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"Whit wey dae ye no ring yoursel, dear?
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hee, hae mercy on Rob. Ye ken yoursel he is a wild, mischievous cal
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
id Hogg, "Ye hae just said aw yoursel. I'm sure ye hae gotten aw to
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
y, you’re no’ skiin’ by yoursel’!” “A’m goin’ ower
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Then picture yoursel’, yin o’ the Elite,
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
bust social identities. Being yoursel’ is the worst thing tae be
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier No probs! Gie yoursel a few days rest, as well dese(2014) search twitter

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
ruce: Exactly. Ye cid cheenge yoursel intae a bat an flee ower tae on page 40

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
e! Fit hae ye gat tae say for yoursel? Nou dinna interrup!" she gae on page 11
, stull a bittie bursen. "Myn yoursel an win up - the eeswal gait on page 18
"As weel as ye can yoursel," said the Teiger-lily, "an a on page 25
"File ye're callerin yoursel," said the Queen, "I'se jist on page 34
e, fit wye dae ye nae mak een yoursel?" on page 39
Also on pages 58, 68, 75, 77
10 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
yoursel."
een an helped yoursel tae a bit o melon. Michty the
shooders an said." Och please yoursel." That fork wis in ower
yoursel." Efter Jonsar explained that
4 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
as you micht laek ta try dis yoursel, some winter day, I sall tell on page 27
! Come here dis meenit an mak yoursel ready for your walk!' 'A'll b on page 34
aafil at you can hardly hear yoursel spaekin - an dey dunna seem on page 85

3 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ou ir. Tak aff tae a place be yoursel an tell da Göd Man whit's in on page 93
Dunna fash yoursel aboot da maet you'll set afor on page 95
an pit yoursel i da haands o da Göd Man. on page 163
a joost geng efter things fir yoursel an dunna aye be pittin yourse on page 167
dat 'You love your neebir lik yoursel'. You hae ta shaa idders merc on page 171

8 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
eesh een) you micht hae ta ax yoursel if your belief in dat poyim i
1 matches

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
uses it too. 'ack, yull scud yoursel!'. Also 'scudded' as in when (2020) search twitter
ts fur tha morrow mornin, get yoursel on tha ferry noo Raiph!???? (2021) twitter link