A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'knows'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of knows in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
f the Twaddle of Anglify. God knows there are enough of them - O on page 35

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
n Hi Shona. I met a lass that knows you at the Scottish Storytell(2014)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

Aberdeen

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
@rossandrew_ fuck knows min. I thnk klopp is the man (2014)
@MikeyForbes1 fuck knows. Just gan tae pub i thnk. I w(2013)
@rossandrew_ fuck knows min. They reckon hes still na(2013)
@rossandrew_ haha. Fuck knows. I dina want fellaini. Id eas(2013)
ats me uptae date again. Fuck knows fits gan tae happen(2013)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
book. 'Write yer stories, God knows you've enough funny stories t on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n wae Game ae Thrones but who knows. It turned oot the hale incid on page 20
tom ae the virus itself. Fuck knows, likes. But what ah do ken fu on page 56
"Pish!" he scoffed. "Fuck knows what yur smokin the day, Doug on page 99
e the yin and only Star. Fuck knows where the cunt goat it fae, l on page 100
"Fuck knows" admits Dougie. on page 173
Also on pages 175
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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
no shawed up the day. Christ knows whaur he is, the fowk at his on page 59

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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
tom ae the virus itself. Fuck knows, likes. But what ah do ken fu
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
‘Who even knows any mair?’ He rubbed his te
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
y, but every, educated person knows that there are two "n"s in "g
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
has been made - Allan Brown knows little and cares less about t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
s finest neds in no time. Who knows, maybe those scone munchers J
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
out headlines that every one knows already - how can it be law (2020) twitter link
soft spot fir the spurs n who knows cood this b the year - b oan (2020) twitter link
@marc_fi_Tranent feck knows but am oan a roll m8 - firin (2020) twitter link
ng off club 42 as well - who knows - they might just have the l (2021) twitter link
ur football family as anybody knows - n if clubs r being treated (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
God knows it haurdly leukt like yin at
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Dundee

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
se at the end ay the day, who knows eh? Ah mean really. The Bible on page 9

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ually hus a second name, fuck knows why. Yi kin say either YT or on page 4
Everybody knows Big Kenzie is his wee brur's on page 10
retaliates in the only way he knows how. on page 27
uv, they're makin sure nobody knows it. That prick Bailey draws t on page 28
n at wee boys fur a livin. He knows a thing or two aboot volcanoe on page 49
Also on pages 54, 55
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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Maw fae Ireland, da fae fuck knows where. I don't mention rehear on page 3

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Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
onny belted oot. “Naeb’dy knows who it belangs tae. She might
ly wally. “That conductress knows ma Mammy. If she tells her Ah
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
d be surprised if his da even knows he’s gaun, never mind that
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nothin fur nothin, every cunt knows that.” he smiled again an a
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Fuck knows. His auld man’ll part his b
‘Fuck knows man, yer askin the wrang guy.
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
prosecution. Been raided fuck knows how many times but every time
huv an influence oan it. Fuck knows how, but it will, know whit a
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Fuck knows man. Mad hippy cunts ah think
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘It wis a bird, fuck knows a big fuckin. . .’
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hat ah know fine well that he knows this, an he disnae need me re
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
street when ah wis. . . fuck knows. . . six or seven. It wis war
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ach party in the conversation knows the arrangement; that is, the
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
blues. . . you name it. Ma da knows him.’ McDade sais oot the s
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he dug by the collar, ‘Fuck knows Harry. Ah’ve never seen the
ent tae Eastbank as well. She knows Adele McLafferty an Claire Sm
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
se at the end ay the day, who knows, eh? Ah mean really. The Bibl
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General Central

@alistairdunn tweeted
@AllanMcDonald93 who knows man, they don't want tae deal(2015)

@g_hibby tweeted
t.. I wasn't wrong.. God only knows what the fix is at ER.. But i (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
ComeCoachWithMe Thankyou! Who knows whit else I'll hae tae tell y(2014)

@MartinBroon tweeted
l, A’m pretty sure, “He who knows whit he’s daein” , knows wh(2019)
Somethin tells Me somewan knows whit’s comin and dusney want(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
or in a language the old lady knows: “ce n’est qu’un au revoir(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
??, and as for AS, he hardly knows me, so my "droppin in" sugges (2022) twitter link
r. Or he's scared of her. Who knows ?? (2022) twitter link
ppen afore indy or efter. Who knows. (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
braes, closes, gaits, hauchs, knows, loans, raws, strachts, venne
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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
uch about football as my erse knows aboot snipe shootin. on page 33

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Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
Wha knows .. in fifty years frae noo ..
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Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
rins aboot like Kings o Dear knows whar, Or let on tae be oul ha on page 12

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East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Dear knows, we'r no fun on page 33
Frae tha Dear knows whar on page 53

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@Angelinekking tweeted
ng ye know, the whole country knows aboot thon(2020)
Will have to ask my dad if he knows that one!(2020)

General Ulster

Synthetic (no region)