A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

handed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.3 5.5 37 59.6 11.6 31 33.9
Number of occurrences5411 25 6 2 3 7
Number of authors30 7 11 4 1 3 4

Occurrences of handed in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ASS THAT, YOU? The joint gits handed over wae a grumble. It's a he on page 9

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cottish theatre fund has just handed him twelve thousand pounds to on page 50

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t the Croun haed a mair 'even handed' wey o dealin wi its subjecks on page 110

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
t it wisnae enough fur a left-handed gun. It wisnae enough tae rec
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pin oot the front door, empty handed. Ah quickly decide that this
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ile others walk freely, empty handed. Several folk are even speed
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’s a fuckin doactur who’s handed me a yin wey ticket tae the m
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
@MoosyerCoo92 @IndyLive_Isles Handed doon fae generation tae gener (2023) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
14 Shairly the punishment wis handed oot because Tilly failed tae (2020) search twitter
1995 While Prince Andrew gets handed £17 000 tae attend a golf to(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
13 games n they get the title handed to them says it all 2 me - i (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
er wi a bit o siller, an open-handed wi't. He pit the fiver in his on page 29

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An handed ower the fish tae Bill on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
's, "Hair ye go look," eis he handed ower a waad a noat's. We aat on page 31
ocket een, looket at et, then handed eit tae me, so aye gid eit a on page 47

5 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
He handed Wull his bonnie pipe, on page 27

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
tter hedna got intill id), an handed them roond as prizes. Air wis on page 26
as beeg as hissell, an iss he handed oer till e ither, sayan, in a on page 53
an pencils hed been found an handed back till them, they started on page 113

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
cut the binder twine an handed the shaves tae the feeder. Sh
1 matches

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
sheen. A hid been caught reid handed and there winsnae ony wye a w
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ng tae the British lines they handed ower the unconscious Sergeant
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
olk tae dust ma doon and even handed me my hat sayin in her greeti
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
a fiver be ower muckle?” I handed the siller ower richt awa plu
t ma but he didna. Instead he handed me a copy o that week’s Ban
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Reluctantly Wully handed ower the four silver thrupenn
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
up something fae the floor an handed it tae her. “Here, mither,
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Size four,” he muttered and handed a pair ower for Jessie tae tr
em in the wee leather bag. He handed them tae Jessie, saying, “I
2 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
and took aff the bib and she handed Mengele a broon sealed envelo
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nae happy wee the sweeties I handed o’er either. Teeth brakking (2019) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
69 @MadMentalTim Hehehe...wan handed (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
r, as I added me potion in. I handed the ale tae Tam and Lee and t on page 22

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They handed me a cowboy hat and, lurkan t on page 30

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Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an handed hid ower. That wis him on page 23

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Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ivolous here, jist useful, is handed over by Clara, along with the on page 30
r, as I added me potion in. I handed the ale tae Tam and Lee an tu on page 76

2 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
thir feyther, handed tae him, or
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
da cattery. But aa da sam Dad handed her owre tae da lass an waved
da SSPCA ta see if onybody is handed in a stray cat. Your faider i
2 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
(she's handed on her skill), on page 150

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@StuartPoet tweeted
bout money and the minute you handed over that brown envelope on a(2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ut Whit ye mean by that? Left-handed? Ahm that, relevant tae whit?(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She turnt tae face Maisie an handed hir an envelope. "I daen ma b on page 8
Leonard handed the cup tae Maisie an unheuke on page 12
dust frae Treasure Is/and an handed it tae an eaget-eyed Daniel. on page 57

4 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An A handed oot photies of whut had ate, on page 35

1 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
ner,’ sez Wes, as a warkman handed it tae tha Maister o
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@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
not so much except for 'cach handed' as in clumsy. https://t.co/Z (2021) twitter link

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