A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'caused'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
causedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.67549
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.8 10 8
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 64.1 6 3
LAL - General Central 21 16 12
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 85.3 3 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of caused in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
gued bi a big black craa that caused him no end o distress, on page 16

1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
oon in a workbook. Da wan dat caused a bit o confusion wis da lett

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
g wis till eit e comfits: iss caused some noise an confusion, as e on page 27
Iss speech caused a remarkable sensation amang on page 29

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
she speired, fur yon cudna be caused bi a faa.
it wis aa her ain pride that caused the chilblains, she kent that
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wings and feathers of air; he caused the inside of the cave to be
st hauf o this tale, the lave caused a stooshie a while in the loc
ral daiths bein registered as caused bi wild beasts, snake bites,
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
stoppit. That slight movement caused even mair pain and he lay wri
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
stone and even darker shadows caused by the reluctant daylight pus
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
I wis a da, Fit a stooshie at caused. Hid ti hand it back. Davie f(2020)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an industrial decline, caused as much on page 32

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
kle it, especially fan it’s caused bi unnerlyin health issues.
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
tae wark oot fit product had caused the maist emissions tae get t
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Flooery achievement for the Scots Government, (The National 2019) Doric, newspaper
truction o the AWPR micht hae caused, the abuinmentionit flooers p
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
anted to show the destruction caused by the bombing...lives litera on page 40

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
An awfu speak it caused, and I haed a gey sair hert I
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Onyweiy, that caused that muckle bother, the boy t on page 32

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
oan the tap," added Ma, whit caused the twa wummen tae cackle som on page 1

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
wes caused bi an ower-flowe pype at term
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wkie taigelt wire seetiations caused bi Big Jessie's deifness is w
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Burnin Fire.” A thocht whit caused sair hert scaud fir a wheen a
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
al sausage tree. His presence caused a bit o a stir amongst the lo
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
worn ragged. A flush ae pain caused Ailsa tae wake up wae a screa
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
med into these supermarkets n caused a stooshie imo (2020) twitter link
tis gadgie hus certainly caused a towering inferno on twitter (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Hae caused some Doric consternation, on page 212

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
her after aw the shite she's caused. Ah tolt him ah didnae really on page 79

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
y care gif Neds got drunk, An caused a stooshie!? on page 29
The wurd that hud caused sic offence wis 'Arse'!, on page 36
Caused the learned judge oan the ben on page 145

3 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
sure tae hink somehoo ah’d caused this stranger tae dae whit he
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ennt that ane o their ain had caused this latest bather. On an on on page 52
fy lot o fowk. Whither it wis caused by a lack o whit we wuid thin on page 96
Caused in Dundee a deil o a mornin. on page 113

3 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ingle event wis great an even caused me to challenge some ideas ah
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Caused them quite a shock!
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
old woman's tights.” This caused the member o’ staff tae hae
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
arly twenty-first century had caused earthquakes as faur awa as Ca
arly twenty-first century had caused earthquakes as faur awa as Ca
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
tae eat the comfits: bit this caused nae end ae laldy, the big bir on page 29

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
e husnae died doon any, we've caused right fuckin riot. It's class on page 27

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
lamas arrived at the door. It caused a bitty a sensation, lamas in
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n they ett the sweeties: this caused a bit o bother an fash, for t on page 28
ter no dae that again!", that caused anither daithly hush. on page 39

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
carfuffle that the Airnwarks caused thaim. For juist forenent Cru on page 79

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
muckle ugsome social problems caused by unemployment, an the escap on page 13
nie times ye did thon, it aye caused muckle hilarity. As the wean on page 23

2 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
Her disease has caused awmaist complete isolation be
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
irms, lettin oot a roar as he caused thunder an lightnin tae rip w on page 49

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ist how much pain his actions caused, and jist how cruel he's been on page 14
Fix the problems they caused have decided they would on page 16

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
r tax an risin intress rates, caused mony social ills an the landw on page 56

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
at pairties ayewis caused a stoor on page 68

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
aw o gases in the north pole, caused wi magnetic pairticles, broch
ht an syne held. The new moon caused a stramash thrawin ither moon
2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ras didna hurt, but they fair caused some stushies, for whan ye we
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
inage an waste o life an howp caused at the haunds o the EU, like
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando “Blood Upon the Grass” – merk twa?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
by playin a gemme o fitba. It caused ootrage i Scotland, promptin
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
This caused an awfy stooshie an pleased t
les o the Scottish Kirk. This caused endless bother when he cam ha

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
the fan but dinnae forget he caused all of this.(2020)

@Cobradile94 tweeted
@DrMDempster Whit's caused at?(2019)

@LairnScots tweeted
scinatin bit aboot a stooshie caused by a menu written in Scots, (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Jings . . . Ah seem tae hae caused a bit o' a stooshie by yasin (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
was tae eat th biscuits: this caused some noise an cafuffle, as th on page 28
This speech caused a richt cafuffle amang th cro on page 30

2 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
-colleagues within. Hence, it caused me makin sum conflicts nae on(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
A couldnae say then whit had caused it; a bug, ma nerves or the p
nither twice. The second time caused a scandal and wis talk o’ t
2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Caused bae the pain o stoopin doon. on page 53

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
s day turned tae night and he caused a bit o hype
1 matches

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Disruption caused, is sae immense,
1 matches

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