Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'convinced'

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Use in varieties of Scots

convinced	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.2	34	28
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	3
WCE - West Central	13.3	3	3
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	15.1	3	2
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	7
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of convinced 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
Bit, wan thing ah'm surely convinced o - they browt hid aal ontae on page 42
d aal aroond the gravestones, convinced that we lukk'd the pairt on page 61
me lugs wance more in disgust Convinced I'd been gripped bi insatiabl on page 72

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
es wi dir claas. Meenie wisna convinced an got dem da washboard. An G
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah'm convinced at ere's a spirit warld - an on page 58

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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
aphy, i.e. mair phonetic. A'm convinced that's why the bairns wi dysl (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
ye reply. 'Maybe twice. He's convinced he'll hae only one great love on page 36

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boay oan Jeremey Kyle who wis convinced his cat wis the antiChrist. I on page 16

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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
reason. An we wir aw equally convinced we were richt.
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
In her fugue state, Ailsa wis convinced it wis a blank sheet ae paper
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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s true, said ma ma. Ah wisnae convinced, but ah let it go cause ma ma on page 54

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Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
too long. So the four ae them convinced ma Emma tae drive them in her
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Yeah, richt. Bit somehoo she convinced me tae carry on up theym stai
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
siller in the taverns, he wis convinced the man wis guilty, but the m on page 110

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
de his neist wickly veesit an convinced the man that he had aa the se
regairdit him, willin tae be convinced , he thocht.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s ain symptoms that he became convinced he hud lung cancer. He became
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Convinced that thon cauld shaidae Thing on page 141

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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Joe seems tae huv just aboot convinced McDade tae get back in the va
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
flat up tae the point we were convinced they were gonae come through
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
s. I lued ma book o stamps an convinced mysel that ma Penny Reid wis on page 23

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General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
me in the gates. If ye're no convinced, A'll walk awa.' on page 49

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
d, but she didnae soond awfie convinced. on page 6

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
While "no convinced by the approach in fu" in the on page 6

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ottish vocabulary I am not as convinced as you are that there is a la on page 121

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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d tae be that gin fowk werena convinced eneuch tae vote Aye, they wer
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
Naw totally radical and that convinced he wis richt that arguin wi h

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
deep pink (choc) magnum: nae convinced!(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Am no convinced It's a' the fashion on page 9

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South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
. Same wi @fincarson No at aw convinced bi yon sudden bleezes o integ(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
Ah wasnae that convinced o the game masel an ah was ab
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General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An with it A'm convinced he cud hae daen a hairt trans on page 11

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