A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'british'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of british in Corpus

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
arnin o da 15th o January. Da British Geological Survey ir gaaderin
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@shaetlan_rose tweeted
twitter, come back on to see British Independence trending https:/(2019)

Mid Northern A

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
ayed skipping on hopscotch an British bulldog afore it got banned,
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
uaiten him. Returning tae the British lines they handed ower the un
his wye tae surrender tae the British because he wiz seeck o war fi
aboot tae let them ken he wiz British. An officer jist happened tae
rinnin backwards towards the British lines an wavin his airms aboo
rinnin backwards towards the British lines wavin his airms in surr
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in and the trrrrap trrrap o a British maxim, then followed by the f
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Mid Northern B

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t aa. It wis een o the aalest British coins ivver foun, gaan a thoo on page 109

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Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
tbreid, are bein labelled as "British", an the packagin zhuzed up w
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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
mannies haein a go at the British Army. He said." I think there
tae question the British Army? It wis a war that wis b
The British Legion lounge reef wis leakin
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
deein at I uncovered a pile o British army soup plate tin hats and
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
that should read English not British, us Scots dinnae gae a fuck ?(2021)

@72redz1903 tweeted
simply, dinna bather yirsel. British identity? Nae chunce (2022) twitter link

North East Central

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ikit in cause o thair braider British origins but the'r maun be som
ots on its lane as the anelie British minority leid that's spiken o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
a insults frae a succession o British an Scottish unionist admeinis
iv o gettin justice oot o the British BBC?
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
the jyle that the estaiblisht British society haes pitten it intae,
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Fleemin, Sandy Koan, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
A muckle fit-lang British Thornton slide rule.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
anguages cam intae force, the British an Scots governments wis spei
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McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
vit a column oan the braw new British Sign Leid qualification frae
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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
e bastards, either. The Great British public jist dinnae gee a fuck
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
British. But juist as the constant dr
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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
painfully divisive legacy of British Imperial brutality that sowed
veniently regarded by some as British at that point, that disnae ge
cessful guerrilla war against British Empire forces an still bide i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
uphaud for thaim aw, includin British Sign Language an ethnic langu
c diversity, includin Gaelic, British Sign Language, Hindi, Bengali
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e the yins that members o the British aristocracy wear at state occ
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
British Languages
n raicent argie-bargie in the British pairlament anent the requirem
omers or refugees speirin for British citizenship, the Hame Secreta
s for fowk ettlin tae win tae British citizenship.
t kinna thrawn logic wad this British government be uisin gin it cu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
wis signed an ratified bi the British Government in relation tae th
age haes been acceppit bi the British Government, the Scottish Exec
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e Cooncil o Europe speirt the British government a wheen o question
the questions on Scots an the British government maun be thinkin th
haim wantin,they.ll speir the British/Scottish governments for expl
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
London's High Coort agin the British Government. Thae campaigners
sed as an ethnic group bi the British coorts.The campaigners haes h
formulation an cairryin oot o British race policy. Campaigners says
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ae the BBC haes been tellin a British Pairlament comatee in the Hoo
t tae see thair ain Scottish, British an furth o Britain news frae
elsh news an pit it forrit as British news. We git telt that the me
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
maist uised language' in the British Isles. I don't know about you
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West Central

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
or a common mercat across the British Empire, capitalists needit th
mpire, capitalists needit the British Imperial State. For a common
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@annieones tweeted
. He'd bin brain washd by tha british,an telt nae tae speak Scots L (2021) twitter link
roper English" .. it wis pure British state indoctrination (2021) twitter link
ike this. Its oor laid an the british state hus tried tae drum it o (2021) twitter link
ain laid... it's because the British state telt oor auld yins tae (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
whit a bourach the notion o 'British History' really is. Stories o on page 10
me time. Nivver mind that the British Navy had effective control o on page 25
yin wis the enemy o the haill British nation. Nou eftir monie years on page 91
l this didnae sit weel wi the British or their allies in Europe, an on page 92
d. Likewise the fact chat the British army remained in occupation o on page 121
Also on pages 122, 124, 125
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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
l turnt the globe an fund the British Isles. “This is whaur Ah co
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
in tramp who ah passed at the British hert foundation. He looked li
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Glasgow

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
etch Gypsy Moth IV. The Anglo-British estaiblishment nature o the c on page 15
on Scott, wha wis warkin as a British diplomat in Cuba at the time on page 23

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General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
The British Isles has aye been multilingu on page 9

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ny, whaur he'd played for the British Army alangside a wheen big st on page 65

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
sions, maist wis fashed aboot British Sign Leid (BSL).
lookit on by British society as the orra standart.
British Sign Leid (BSL)
he leid o the Deef Community, British Sign Leid (BSL) as
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hair needs washed where South British English would require the dog
ed. In this example the South British English equivalent wad be ‘
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ime o the Roman inbidin o the British Isles. Sinsyne, it has cam ta
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
huid hae permanent access tae British fishin grun efter Brexit. The
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
EU (maistly on immigration an British nationalism) – micht we see
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
The term “British vailues” is conveniently va
arld. It is a vote tae define British vailues as bein singularly se
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ant o imagination. Ower monie British fowk on the left an richt see
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
no the SNP’s) an a strangly British nationalist, fundamentalist d
the Tories on the Scottish or British flank respectively, Labour is
In anither sign that British politics disna raelly exist o
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McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
gh the ae kind o een that the British media micht leuk through at s
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
that’s taen ower mainstream British politics. Gin the SNP wins bi
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
urse on the nationalism o the British state at the ae time as tryin
k but aboot leavin an elitist British political system daein a diss
knees but we were stieve. The British establishment wisna gettin pe
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MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
ver Ending Song of Love), the British-Australian baun at their line
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Facebook link ( 2021) Central
istinction in whit became the British army till 14th May 1968 when

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
paignin for the recognition o British Sign Language, descrivit the
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Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
ys it's been a good night for British teams in Europe. Scot Gemmill
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@jack_capener tweeted
oquent an informed figures in British politics the noo. https://t.c(2018)

@jamieonkeys tweeted
iterally *nae* LGBT+ drama on British TV over the past ~20 year. Qu(2021)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
oogle. Ye mixin up English wi British ??? We're well yaised tae tha (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
a wheen Tory, Slab an Libdem British Nationalist/Unionist MPs an M(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ez @Nostalgic_Thing Naw, he's British. Ah think he wis tryin tae wi(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ians made up regiments in the British Army and fought cheek by jowe(2020)
l also hae tae drap the word 'British' as weel?(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
e’ is spelled differently in British Engli(2019)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
(as they aften dae) call me "British" or "Britannique" cos they ke (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
n Scotland as a result of the BRITISH Army's efforts'. Whit army di(2021)
ians made up regiments in the British Army and fought cheek by jowe(2020)

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
we're aye, we're Scottish no British, we're World an we're I. The on page 77

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
aw's bocht a muckle an skyrie British History magazine in WH Smith' on page 23
2 tonnes Finest British Shortbread on page 48

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Ulster-British Commissioner nae mair nor yin on page 11
* The Ulster-British/Ulster-Scots commissioner wha on page 14
wer primary influences o' the British Islans in this on page 15
rganisations; a member o' the British Airish Cooncil quhar hit can on page 21
an bae accepted es Airish ir British ir baith es they chuse quyhle on page 58
Also on pages 61, 65
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Belfast City Council Leid Strategy – Draft Ection Plen 2023-2026, (Belfast City Council 2023) Ulster, government
Sign Leids (British Sign Leid an’ Airish Sign L
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@the_gellick tweeted
@patrickbaty @curragh British Lion ana. Gie the hallion the (2015) twitter link