A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'non-'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of non- in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
y’r coamon in idder kinds o non-standard English. Bit agen, I
I’m caad Shaetlan, haes ony non-English wirds ithin him. Dis i
rent in hits meanin da idee o non-standardness - an hit duis -
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Hiprah for non-lethal moose traps! I feel lik(2016)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
fur both me and dave tae fin non-alcoholic stuff dat wisna juic (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y. An he's thraan, sometimes, non-committal, aa the time, an ete on page 7

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
okers, gettin water-loggit wi non-alcoholic beverages as you an on page 94

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, eyvnoo." Elspeth pattit her non-existent hips. "Ah'm a licht a on page 29

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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e intae force and though as a non-smoker I wiz pleased aboot it
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General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ig deal aboot ma comin oot as non-binary. It wis kinda obvious o on page 99

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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A prog Yer dramein an non-dramein state A'm the mornin w on page 3

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Jimmy Nicol, non-partisan among the mob that da on page 118

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
back intae Scots history. The non-PC tumshie-heid that introduce
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ud oor staundards. As ferr as non-creative prose is concairnt, N
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Fairnie, Robert Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Hou can ye learn non-speakers tae speak Scots athoo
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McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
aw ower the warld, in acts o non-violent cívil disobedience. A
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
on that particular day. As a non-native lairner, ah get tae uis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
s the bother tae pint oot tae non-Scots-speakers that the Englis
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ottish English, or the uiss o non-hamelt languages sic as Chines
in Gaelic alang wi texts frae non-hamelt commonty languages the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
order the teachin o Scots tae non-speakers that wants tae lairn,
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
In the first o oor non-creative prose skreids, Colin on page 5

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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh thought eh wiz a non-starter on page 114

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@d_anderson878 tweeted
ang doon better wi some o the non-spikkers (mainly first gen non(2020)

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ld betray me in a second as a non-grafter. That type ay fore-erm on page 3

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Tae view non-pe cowsers in that Tom Mix Lau on page 79

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t wee man. That’ll be you a non-runner fur the morra, nae doub
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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ks, eh? This gets put doon as non-paiyment, the balance gets tac
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
, an ferm tae ferm, walin oot non-attenders for beatins an fines on page 26
maist unjustly imprisoned for non-adherence tae iniquitous relig on page 31

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General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ir teachers are cryin out for non-fiction Scots prose for 5-14, on page 54

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the neist ane is a joke o the non-politically correck variety th on page 7

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
se of Gaelic, Scots and other non-English languages in the Scott on page 121

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rm o the leid, an its uiss in non-leiterary prose, an i the gove on page 56

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Some leeterar an non-leeterar maiter that's no eith on page 15

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
berdeen University, cites the non-inclusion o Scots in the 2001
non-English speakin countries sic
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
a, thit wad mibbie be taen as non-Gàidhealtachd. There wis thre
Status as an Executive Non-Departmental Public Body
Bòrd na Gàidhlig is a Non-Departmental Public Body. NDPB
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
id freend, mebbe ane o the “non-mobile, older rural males” o
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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
hts frae McClurg, Fernando on non-votin, an the illegitimacy o r
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n voice. Promotin the yaise o non-English languages disna mean t
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
As a non-English exemple o siblike lang
Scotland: Mr Poo) – tae the non-dairy company wantin fowk tae
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
yin(s)’ kythes as ane that non-Scots speikers in Scotland wil
e. A’ve seen reference, fae non-Scots speikers, tae a ‘high
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
er community as weel as their non-paid voluntary wark wi the cen
omin up. It’s fir native an non-native speakers, Scottish, Eng
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@OliphantWullie tweeted
E option at the time. WE were non-folk tae the establishment, bu (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
. Must depend wha's takin it. Non-Scots speakers sang them nae b(2018)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
lp tae sort oot thon havers o non-existent Anglophobia thit keep (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ry o spellin an the concept o non-standard leids: https://t.co/c (2021) twitter link
rliament' is a guid example o non-fiction in Scots: https://t.co (2018) twitter link
ources fir lairners... yaisin non-fiction in Scots. Designed tae (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
ggested that the clampdoon on non-members and young yins in club
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s of various food and drinks. Non-stop all afternoon well intae (2020)
day after school and weekends non-stop...(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Perfect totems fur a non-nation, a drunken rammie, a ch on page 75

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@StuartPoet tweeted
female and now identifies as non-binary using they/them pronoun(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

East Antrim (Larne)

General Ulster