A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'herself'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
herselfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.64531
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of herself in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae dreg herself doon tae git watter, on page 10

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
haevin herself oot to throw leavins on page 21

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
's aa organised, shü said ta herself ~ noo fur Alexandra. Da phone on page 26

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Meenie wis richt. Olina herself is nae oil pentin. She’s ee
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
show Belle when she's left aa herself Foo ill aff she'd be wi the w on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ter an keepit aa the gowd tae herself?" jaloused Brian.
her ain rules, sat up, shook herself like a tyke an lauched aff he
Jenny, fa wis stertin tae fin herself gey trauchelt wi the wecht o
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wiz and that she wiz tae help herself tae fit she needed. “Sit ov
he wiz nae muckle aaler than herself, maybe aichteen or twenty. He
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Stewart, David Catch-Up Chapter 163 - Planning the Mystery Tour., (Facebook 2024) Doric, prose
k aboot it. Oor Cath was here herself three years ago and I think w
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
tae cast herself oot o the on page 28

1 matches

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
n she shaakit her heid, rowed herself intil a baa an sleepit soond. on page 84

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
n ma pint when she introduced herself tae me last night ca’in me s(2018)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
her face rid an she swore tae herself she wid niver read in public on page 7

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
airms, huv yae no?" She shat herself wae that, ah swear. Thoat som on page 56
sed. The teacher soon excused herself tae go and dae some photocopy on page 190

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
s, huv yae no?’’ she shat herself wae that, ah swear. Thoat som
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
hrough her jammies. She dried herself aff wae a towel as she couldn
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s Officer even said it tae me herself durin that wan an only meetin on page 169

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
ill hear her mumbliin awa tae herself. But me, I’m the opposite,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
want to see people, she cuts herself off from her old life, you mo
she is not obliged to explain herself to me, so I must just deal wi
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
.' She fixes her hair an sits herself doon. The she clocks the sche on page 24

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
, that she wanted tae live by herself, but it didnae look like it.
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
toppin hersel, afore she fand herself tummlin tapsalteerie doun a m on page 8

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
l at hersel (English, well at herself), a wean that wis gled tae be on page 23

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
war nae-baud, an no tae fash herself. on page 22

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
this princess can rescue herself. on page 33

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
l, Gran, see," an Morag raxed herself up is faur's she cuid. on page 92
"Richt," she telt herself o a sudden an she went strech on page 93

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the ends o her lang airms an herself weel oot the road o Ella's sw on page 67

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Annie, nivver made tae muive herself. Plunkit in her sate, een nae
n, bit she’d a wey o haudin herself thit made her luk like she wi
2 matches

Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
ot she’d wash her claes, aw herself. Aye, an cairry watter tae he
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
MRS WILSON (Seating herself gingerly) I’ll mind. Oh! Ye
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
mple, yersel/hersel (yourself/herself).
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
the white trainers is Morris herself ??(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
enKerr Only yesterday NS that herself and Mark Drakeford have never (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
as mine! Even is ma daughter, herself Is Norwegian! She is dead pro(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
in Leith fae Wednesday early, herself in Parly obviously. Absolutel(2020)
7 @janeclarejones Haha me and herself both howking for votes! Whit (2020)
en, it's traditional. Love to herself and the weans.(2020)