A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of pressure in Corpus

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ot only will this put immense pressure on yourselves and other famil on page 56

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
idied an bruised, under great pressure an trapped by slee questions, on page 45

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
icht | doon, lowers yer blood pressure an' lowers yer heart rate? We on page

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t skippin a beat and ma blood pressure seems tae huv went up a notch on page 37

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t the tap and pump it tae get pressure fur the flame. on page 180

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n no likely tae dae yer bluid pressure muckle guid. on page 29

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But this pressure that wi canna see on page 29
O so yi feel thi pressure ready ti on page 111

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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
pt it, an wi the tiredness an pressure it hadnae been noticed an had on page 52

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
yir temperature or yir blood pressure an write aw yir details doon on page 151

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
hin against his bahookie. The pressure wis awfie. Somethin had tae g on page 85

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Mony minority languages thole pressure frae the meikle languages sic on page 10
gger anes, are unner critical pressure as the effecks o globalisatio on page 17

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ther is intelligibeility. The pressure pit on Scots spickers tae chy on page 9

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
in the school. Doric is under pressure and has been under pressure a
and has been under pressure aa these years. I would love
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McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
' tree o'er fae th' trio. Th' pressure wis oan. Howfur wid thay esca
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McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
e penalty… "it’s a lot of pressure oan the wee man".
The pressure wis mad. Ah could feel the ee
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
splutterin an chokin wae the pressure oan its throat but it’s ins
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
le tae go tae University. Nae pressure then.
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
– soft but made hard coz o pressure. It stretched its fingers tae
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McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er tae take students’ blood pressure. The class were split intae g
avage done this tae yer Blood pressure?” At which Carol got up, ca
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
tho probably mair due to ASLS pressure) the Higher Still Support Uni
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nditions? Diabetes? Low blood pressure?’
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Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
tairtit significant political pressure fir Hame Rule alang wi repres
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Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
guid laird fun himself unner pressure tae let fowk flit intae thum,
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@g_hibby tweeted
e can do it, wi' a wee bit o' pressure... (2023) twitter link

@ionafyfe tweeted
ntin tae jyne a minority leid pressure group! @nicmharcuis https://t(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
wi in life withoot the added pressure o needin tae conform tae an a(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
than that ??). Seriously, nae pressure - put it low doon on yer tod (2022) twitter link
us out of this madhouse. Nae pressure pal, but YOUR superpower is o (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
est! He raises the pynt o the pressure tae 'speak proper'. Dae folk (2020) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
g and mumbling when put under pressure reminds me of my days marking(2020) search twitter
The Tories are pittin pressure oan Doris tae reopen the scho(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
usual for you guys m8 - nae pressure - but brora rangers could be (2021) twitter link
n awaits nikki n jason - nae pressure likes lol (2020) twitter link
current circumstances - nae pressure - get oot there wae fire in (2020) twitter link
lexmassie @NicolaSturgeon the pressure on the fm is big time - get (2020) twitter link
nae turn up let me ken - nae pressure eamonn lad lol (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
biggit, in 1886, tae release pressure fae a nearby hydraulic plant, on page 5

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
pressure awa hine up.
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
his blood pressure risin at a affa rate. Fit did
T.V. mannie says pressure low,
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
mornin an A wis haen ma bluid pressure
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ulation’s health an tak the pressure aff oor NHS? Foo can we pit a
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
weel kent he’d need tae pit pressure on it so bit by agonising bit
and the baff sound as the air pressure passed ower his shell hole. S
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
A'm gaun tar boo tae the pressure: A'll awa an get a neep faan (2020) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
word fur me bit ya never Ken, pressure is aff the wi at bunch ir pla (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@Ali_Leith Pressure treated timmer(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@cligeey Pressure gettin til em alriddy?(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ure meets market. And anither pressure point might be the emissions
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Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
I said lyin back tae aese da pressure.
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