A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of example in Corpus

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
is cupped hands. A follow his example n dae the same fur Broonie n on page 47

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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
On cauld winter's mornins for example, ye cuid wauken up wi cranreu on page 13
gin it wis necessair. A guid example o this tuik place on the nich on page 23

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Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
thin mental. This mornin, fur example - that wis anither near thin on page 102

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Whit for example wid ye say on page 41

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
your lord set yir example, - sic a cowards teachin sap on page 45

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
k it easier fur ye later. For example, by the end o this week ah ex on page 63
'Whit ah mean is dae ye, fur example, ken yer three-times tables?' on page 66
'For example,' Miss Honey said, 'if ah ask on page 67
They hud anither example o how unchancy the Heidie cou on page 112
t. Ah wunner if even you, fur example, can spell a simple word like on page 211

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o the land an its fowk. As an example, the Presbyterian Kirk's role on page 18
ower Castle Toward is a grand example whaur cooncillors warkit dire on page 30
buddie is gyte an wuid set an example fer the rest o the warld that on page 56
the culture o the kintra. Ae example o this is the survival o stor on page 66
ce, A truly howp we cin be an example fer the progressive forces in on page 82
Also on pages 89, 129
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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
beh example an eh dinna talk on page 94

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
the factual information. Fir example, in Chapter 5, gin wir telt t on page 84

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
randa Jock. 'Did you ken, for example, that he has himsel inventit on page 12

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
the buildin trade, is a guid example o the wey we can uphaud an up on page 13
2. See for example: Garcia, O. and Baker, C. (Ed on page 24

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
For example: You an ye is used for the se on page 28

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wi clesses i the schuills for example, that we dinna hae. Jist thin on page 109

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Adam said if thaur wis an example on page 53

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
o an extendit text. Ae yissfu example is fae 19 January 1450 Legisl on page 17

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e hes ain mither an faither's example tae see that. Bit it wisnae f on page 16

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
’d dae weel tae follow your example,
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Ingle provides yet anither example, first citit in the Oxford En
ohn Galt. There is ae further example fae Midlothian and ane o unsp
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
English. Aften quotit wis the example o a bairn gettin checked eith
61. He cites ae example o a teacher, throu her ain in
her ain interest, creatin an example o
elic is fundit wis gien as an example o this
dily available. She cites the example o Gaelic-Medium Education wha
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
aun on, as we can see wi, for example, Gavin Douglas's "Aeneid" hiv
thography. For the abuin, for example:
cleekin o soond an symbol. A example o this is the differ atween t
it taks it a bit faurer. For example, should it be "-ie" or "-y" a
For example, the digraph "ae" can be uize
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
but no in Scots. A weel-kent example is the differ atween "wirk" (
Anither example o this verb/noun distinction
er similar in ae dialeck. For example, in ma dialeck we uise "step"
hat's no seen in English, for example, "fand/fund", "pat/pit/putten
baith in spaek an on paper. A example is the English confusion atwe
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Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
nger Scots nor their ain. For example, the'r a Victorian story Oor
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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
hare‘s a puckle gemmes, for example, ane aboot gaun tae Maurs wi
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
o juist sindrie dialects. The example o the word guid haes aften be
is juist the maist kenspeckle example o a principle o briggin diale
can juist write the t - for example, watter, butter – an say it
o some Central dialects, for example, tends ti think on the ‘oa�
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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
he pairts o strang verbs. For example, the tradeetional past tense
the abuin saws kythes as, for example, ‘Thae (or ‘they’) wha
iasts haes follaed Ramsay’s example, mair or less (tho aften Angl
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s, ‘The Glasgow Herald, for example, suggested of a 1948 producti
his provides us as weel wi an example o the covert Scotticism o the
r wants to be washed. In this example the South British English equ
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Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
hem sae different. This is an example o ‘speciesism’, whaurby s
aces whaur they eat dugs, for example. Us in the Wast micht ’hink
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
le doolander tae the gut, for example. The pyne wis a real hing. As
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ie thing tae reverse, but the example of Scots Gaelic has makkit it
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
oved aboot her fade away, for example her passion for her job. She
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ready seen at least ae recent example o the UK government stickin i
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sy for a body tae tak in. For example, it wad be a fash tae indenti
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Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
vidual items and details. For example, it is possible to assemble a
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
gland (the Border abbeys, for example, wis connacht an re-biggit in
At the Glesca sang scuil, for example, componer Duncan Burnett scri
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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
tentilie-craftit poetry. His example, an his weill-wrocht and metr
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
course, but let me gie ye an example ay how ah cannae be arsed, eh
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
up these days; a five bedroom example, Zander’s - as he’s telt
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
red fur this gairden. No this example ay overgrown suburban jungle
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s acceptit bi maist fowk, for example, whaur the maist threatened l
hree heidmaist characters. An example o this is the seekin o the ne
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
topics is braid-reengin. For example, six o his poems taks in onga
it glesses in his poetry. For example, in No a country, he pits the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ays, bi thair ain chyce an bi example, thair ain human richt tae ui
he Celtic anes an Basque, for example, insteid o 'minority' leids t
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Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
he Mikado being her favourite example o their work.
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
laugh when it goes wrang! Fir example, A wis handin’ back essays
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
iscoorse. The maist prominent example o this is the weekly Scots co
Referenfum votin guide as an example.
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ens at Creative Scotland as a example. Wi siller frae the Scottish
biggit wi public siller. Fur example, the Scottish Language Dictio
or thing in it ain richt. Fur example, is forderin the yiss o “Sc
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
fir independence wis a prime example o freenship an inclusivity. I
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d Ross, Skye an Lochaber, for example. Lord Ashcroft is dae tae cai
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
elt thaim, "Noo that's a guid example o the benefits o haein a saic
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
sulting to Mr Fairnie, and an example of "sloppy" journalism, of mo
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
am. He might no be the finest example ay a man tae ever live an bre
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
on ‘outwith’ is a kenable example o this ‘covert Scotticism�
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
are telt tae “Compare, for example, Montgomerie […]” – a m
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Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
e. Pair soul wis hanged as an example at the same Mercat Cross. He�

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
This is a wee example o whit's in ma buiks about 17
Tae mak a special example o them they wur cairried doon

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
of my patients followed your example’’ he answers, aw bug eyed
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
under ma breath what a rancid example ae a human bein these doactur
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@ionafyfe tweeted
nous leids. @scotgov maun set example that it taks tent o Scots spi(2020) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
isten26877586 @Bob55492332 An example of purely "broad" Scots speec(2018) search twitter

@fourmenterian tweeted
hnson @NicolaSturgeon Perfect example of whitabootery.(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
SNP will continue to show by example that taking our own decisions (2022) twitter link

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@Carer49 A rare female example of a gowkairse(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
lo, and this is a fine robust example. Braw https://t.co/90uUQBwR9W(2020) search twitter
a date, to stand someone up) Example, “She wis supposed tae meet (2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
trong... I think AS would fer example....But some would say that it (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
cter is cried Tommy Brock. An example o folk ower the warld yaisin (2021) twitter link
ourse says that 'dived' is an example o the past tense bein simplif (2020) twitter link
iles oan the SLC website. Fir example, oor #Scots proverbs hae audi (2020) twitter link
A guid example o a wird that folk yaise with (2019) twitter link
A Scots Parliament' is a guid example o non-fiction in Scots: https (2018) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
sFC aye a kin c you leadin by example brother (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Settin' sic a great example, can only give their best. on page 11

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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
nary Islands wi Scotland, for example. Oot on islands sic as Gran C
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Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
different perspective. A braw example o foo juist ae person can mak
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
translator min - thanks great example!(2014) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
, composed decisions. Perfect example, Ryan Christie, great touch b (2021) twitter link
for him, David’s story is an example of how someone can change the (2021) twitter link

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
billykayscot @joao_kay A fine example tae ithers! Ken yer ain cultu (2020) twitter link
id Fingan) nae far as a gweed example. (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A rare example o the luv on page 118

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Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
in danger o gettan lost. Wan example wis the Yorkshire words ‘ba

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ali seemlar naems. A ert kent example o a plaess an a language haei on page 8
etter education an economy. A example o dat is Faroe, at's shaan a on page 9
a meaneen'll be cheinged. Fir example, in English da soonds /s/, / on page 22
wi a dooble-up grapheme. Fir example, a lang vowel is shaan wi dat on page 32
da community conventions, fir example blyde /blaɪd_/, wrocht on page 36
Also on pages 38, 43, 46, 48, 69, 71, 93
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Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
"For example," pat in Effete Literati - b
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Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
Da first example is:
Da saecond example is:
Da third example is:
Da fort example is:
boot it duisna mak sense. For example, i da literature report we gi
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Follow da Kunal trow example an lead a solitary life. You
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Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
For example, there was the Italians wi ic
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@StuartPoet tweeted
the job nowadays, leading by example and rockin the Bardic Mask! R(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
sites to prove him wrong; Ane example; https://t.co/XCoXZWBtEp *FOR(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
unties/regions of Ulster. For example, the English word "above" can(2020) search twitter