A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

blank Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.7 18 22.2 39.7 17.4 10.3 14.5
Number of occurrences6236 15 4 3 1 3
Number of authors44 27 10 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of blank in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, an, seein as the Lory point-blank refused tae tell them her age on page 25

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Ah'm envious o that blank canvas - on page 66

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
He gies me a blank look. Ah realise he's no fami on page 17

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
The screen's gone blank, an digits arenae daein whit on page 52

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
oan the blank lisk on page 31

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
taments left this information blank. on page 40

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McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ite rubbish fur a bit coz the blank page is scary. But then ah fu on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae Santa. But nah, ah drew a blank. And ah couldnae quite git ma on page 97

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hen it aw seemit tae hae gone blank, an the next thing he mindit on page 31

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a fit but ma mind wis a pure blank. A grabbed wan ae the auld pi on page 63
how do you manage to write on blank paper without yir writin goin on page 123

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
at the screen, The screen wis blank. on page 150

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
e noticed ma face. I had that blank look, the yin the victim has on page 22

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
fist looked at Violet wi its blank white een and shook its heid, on page 114

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
wi blank determination on page 23

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For greetin, nae blank hour tae murn on page 12

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
a saicont his face haes that blank, taen-like cast again, an bid on page 125

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Corp buskit in blank-pattern claes, on page 39

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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
a saicont his face haes that blank, taen-like cast again, an bid
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
The poke o twinty-five blank cairds I haed bocht online tu
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
A’ve a hail blank page in frontae me and a hail
page in frontae me and a hail blank year tae come. A’ve ma new
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
He stares wae that blank expression oan his face that
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
nager stage. He refused point blank, needless tae say the three h
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Their faces, drew a blank,
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Ailsa wis convinced it wis a blank sheet ae paper.
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Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
fir blank stanes aneath snaw.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ntae the open. The screen wis blank. An there he saw the tents o
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
hoose. Hazel contemplated the blank page and scrawled A Day in My
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n of Scots with Shakespearian blank verse is puerile and irreleva
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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
an ma husbind refyoozed point blank tae look an see if there wiz (2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
d and are jist refusing point blank tae cooperate. That's the rea(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
vvens n help ma boab - its a blank profile sose to keep folk gue (2020) twitter link
defo a candidate for blankety blank https://t.co/j8CbYMOoQj (2020) twitter link
ed on his website - blankety blank blankety blank psml (2020) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
creivit ivvery word oanty the blank bits aroon his coamic. 'Ye ma on page 84

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Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
e bell went ma page wis still blank. on page 41

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An Tam O'Shanter in blank verse Wid be coorse tae say on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
na tak ye on. Ah'll jist pynt-blank ignore ye. Got it?" on page 35
.jist leave the photie bittie blank. It'll bi a sirprise, like... on page 52
"Wi' ll jist leave't blank, than," said Stevie, "an wyte on page 54

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e Greedy's shed. Greedy point blank
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Presentit wi a universal blank,
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
ootline o the face and limbs blank o colour itherwise. In the dr
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Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
its gable end waa, settin its blank whitewashed windaless expanse
t, richt neist tae that great blank gable end. It aye lookit oot
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
le. They’d drawn a complete blank. The bullet used wiz complete
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he’d seen and refused point blank tae gang doon for the coal. M
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@72redz1903 tweeted
nd understandably appears tae blank the aforementioned Maitlis. h (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
r wracks?" "Big," sheu says. "Blank," sheu says. "Empty.' An flen on page 75

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I blank / blink, double blank - the terrible on page 26

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Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
lit trees go up in blank windows. on page 93

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
airms aboot der knees starin blank. Dey'll come an tell dee der
a concerned, an Ah'm aboot ta blank her, whin shö says, 'Kirsten
s a tae. Still her face wis a blank. 'Weel,' says I, 'A silver me
3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
tae th Dormoose, choosin tae blank yon last remark. on page 73

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
niel teuk the instrument wi a blank expression. on page 12

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Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
* follae tha wysins an lea blank onie speirins or pages ye din
x forenenst thair name an lea blank tha Sing’l speirins 1 tae 4
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