Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'introduced'

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Use in varieties of Scots

introduced	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.7	42	30
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	5
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	43.4	7	1
GLA - Glasgow	15.1	3	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)	107.1	3	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of introduced in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
e) " - an maybe naebody ever introduced dee tae a lobster - " (Alice on page 99

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Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
In November I introduced you tae wir guid freend, Birs
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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
st ta celebrate. Da idder cat introduced himsel as Tammie.
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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
an perhaps ee were never even introduced till a lobster-" (Alice began on page 95

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Elspeth's book club an gettin introduced till aa her freens. An dress on page 27

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
she hytered ower the fleer an introduced ersel t'a wee boorachie o fol on page 32

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric recycling bins for card introduced for Aberdeenshire! https://t.(2017)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
odcast Difficult, was McKenna introduced to the starting 11 afore it w (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t chocked on ma pint when she introduced herself tae me last night ca�(2018)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
That boay Sebastian who introduced me earlier comes wanderin tae on page 57

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Shuggie hauled her affa me an introduced us proper like. I'm sure he s on page 21

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The non-PC tumshie-heid that introduced the item on the tellie shawed
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
e ever gaed tae the kirk. She introduced hersel tae the young couple a
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
speedway of course - having introduced the wee fella to the sport - (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
achan. When she got there she introduced hersel tae the librarian, Mrs on page 6
her awa intae new worlds and introduced her tae amazin folk wha lived on page 15

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
a lap-dancer ae nicht an introduced her tae his faimily - he bol on page 112

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Ettrick, ir keppit on, an ir introduced efter thir, an Hogg feinishes on page 142

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@MizLiot tweeted
at a braw Scots word is being introduced tae the warld through bigotry (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
o sticks o a fire, an she wis introduced
air faither brocht Bill in an introduced him as thair dominie, they le
Derriakin introduced her tae the newcomers. In a w
He had been introduced tae her at univairsity whan s
s shoother an tane him tae be introduced as a wit tae the lave o the W
7 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
a lassie wi red hair and ah'm introduced tae her. Her name's Daisy Dou on page 29

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
vian, American, Canadian, I'm introduced tae people I've seen somewher on page 3

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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
themselves. There wis a bylaw introduced last year tae stoap drinkin i
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General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
his freends hae awready been introduced tae ye, and are noo aboot tae on page vii

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
introduced by Donald Stewart in 1981. Co
a o public administration wis introduced tae the Scots Pairlament in N
community leids is introduced intil mainstream schuils, syn
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wi French forbye. They aften introduced latinate vocabular athout the
the reader (or hearer) sud be introduced intae transparent contexts, i
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ourishes the like o sentences introduced by ‘Didn’t he say to me .
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
The goddess introduced hersel.
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South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
an maybes ee were ne'er even introduced tae a lobster - " (Ahlice ste on page 97

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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
sei intil Jame’s problem an introduced him tae Scots poetry. James t
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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
Wull seemed tae know him, an introduced me tae him. We listened tae w
nodded. Efter that tha wumman introduced us an we stairted tae enterta
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Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
Ceremonies wha introduced maist o t’ithers. There wus
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