A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'focus'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of focus in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nk es Janet's face comes inte focus. Ah'Vv a sin ana, bit Brian b on page 46

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
tc., mak sure there's a Doric focus on the development o wirds, l
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
atalieAHood She's nae even in focus ?? https://t.co/JqTQAuFoio(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
itter's o Scottish culture an focus instead on aristocratic middl (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
atching wi the sound doon tae focus on the sets, knew the accents (2022) twitter link
e question of democracy intae focus. This is nae normal (2022) twitter link
ons play oot fae the back and focus on possession and attack - t (2022) twitter link
e forget the stories and jist focus on the nachos ?? (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
d players. Nicky Clarke is ma focus(2020)
ma ocd or shid fidgeting and focus trouble nae be inside the tip(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
o a PhD in Linguistics (wi a focus on Scots), the study o Scots (2020)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
t no, let's take key people's focus away from managing the pandem(2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
eraman didnae ken whither tae focus on Cinderella, the Prince or on page 88

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
irries on the lexicographical focus in his backspeirin intil the
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
my short time this evening to focus on my first language, the lan
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aicontly, there haes tae be a focus on betterin language teachin,
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
in it. But when she tried tae focus oan the dreams themsels — l
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
needs tae be ma yin and only focus at the minute. This isnae the
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an no the biographer’s main focus!)
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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
mass ae thick ruby hair took focus fae a runnin nose and ringin
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Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ert on the grun. But she kept focus an acted afore the weather �
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Dundee

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
led masel’, “breath an’ focus, dae yer job!” As the horse
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
in the wind. Tho we tend tae focus on naitur’s abílity tae ch
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ampposts and no bein able tae focus oan what’s directly in fron
Which consequently pits intae focus what ah shite hole the flat h
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Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
and ah thought they couldnae focus, yet this wee yin looked stra
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Ayrshire

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tae confuse the issue, let me focus on the twentieth century. The on page 37

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
tae dae it an' keep it in yer focus. So, mak' lik' yon Andy Murra on page

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ion, statin that it wull "gie focus and transparencie tae Bòrd n on page 12
eleratit and gien hantle mair focus, assertin that the airt o lin on page 16
the realitie is that, wi the focus jist bein on the public buird on page 17
e impruive local authorities' focus on the proveesion o Gaelic ed on page 29
l be yaised tae identifee the focus o saicondarie legislation and on page 31
Also on pages 34, 35, 47, 51
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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
they offer tae hae a clearer focus on developin transferable lit on page 7

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
in the third person secures a focus on facts and evidence instead on page 11
modules that ye wad like tae focus on an gie a bye tae the ither on page 52

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e fairies and couldnae really focus on the hale cookin thing. But on page 40

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ment shuid hae hits heidmaist focus on steidin an hou hit is defi
this is a commitment tae hae focus on hinnerin langage shift in
sin, an lairnin the leid. The focus o this pairt o the consultati
Ithers haud thit the focus maun be on giein a heeze tae
xercise this pairt wull hae a focus on geographical areas whaur t
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
s an affcome o an ower-muckle focus on Gaelic.
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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
praiferences o fowk an at the focus is ‘Mankind’, whan it sou
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nisation o the medium, as the focus o attention flits frae the bu
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
NIE AND BURGHEID, WI A TENTIE FOCUS ON THE MATERIAL CULTURE AIRTI
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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
wi a fancy bottle. I try tae focus on my wine tae droon oot thei
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“I maun focus,” repeatit Atalanta ower an
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Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
while makkin siccar that the focus o the discussion haes been sa
�s weillbein, but this narrae focus fairly taks awa frae the qual
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e bodie haes brocht a walcome focus tae the public forderin o Sco
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e Alternative wis creatit tae focus on green an anti-establishmen
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
bsite as haein an ‘academic focus [in] Scottish li
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McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
faur awa, it seems better tae focus on the ane nearest tae haund
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
he did it, but if it gets the focus on indy I'm with it for now ?(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
rch and finally structure and focus are working in unison. Movin (2016)
his year now I have my career focus now on track X(2017)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
tsdictionars Fair enjoyed oor focus group the day! Lookin furrit (2016)

@LairnScots tweeted
nterestin pairt o this is the focus oan 'Scotticisms'. See here: (2019) twitter link
opment o Scots, wi particular focus oan Ulster-Scots: https://t.c (2018) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
ve got something to centre my focus on and it’s been an absolute (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
...the tone...and narrows the focus by trapping the reader into s on page 84

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Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n throu the plot, the central focus is oan twa parents ettlin tae on page 87

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General Ulster