A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'section'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sectionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus26.78936
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 2
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
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 29.3 12 4
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 4
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 12
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 3
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of section 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

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
She shows us the upholstery section. It taks sivven baests tae pr
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a kirn milk is fae da Polish section in Tesco, fur nane a da young on page 9

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ic languages (see da previous section) maks a big enyoch odds fae a on page 20
nslation tae ging alang wi it section bi section. on page 21
is da study o soonds, an dis section spaeks aboot da soond system on page 22
"biggeen stanes" o wirds. Dis section spaeks aboot da main biggeen on page 38
boot dat inna Chapter 7). Dis section'll look first at da lexical c on page 46
Also on pages 61, 63, 69, 76, 95, 98
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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aith vrocht in the Fishin Ha' section. Ye cud smell it lang afore y
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
oot. But in i meantime. North Section Water Polo is now ootside for(2019)

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ed his wye tae the ready meal section, giein the meagre selection a on page 72

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
This year there wis a section for the heaviest cabbage. Ae
Fin they came tae the local section. there wis a flooer that hid
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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ist o the time readin the Fun Section o the Sunday Parchments." on page 33

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(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Shame aboot the lower section on page 11

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
arch wis spent oan the campin section at on page 52
ss yae coont the hoarse racin section in the daily record, that is. on page 86

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e gree for the 2002 Secondary section wi a thocht provokin poem cri
In the Primary section it wis peels for the winner a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
uphauds is setten oot in this section as:- Welsh, Gaelic, Irish an
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
. The slogan for the Scottish section is "We are whit we read: whit
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Scotland on Sunday‘s Review Section a piece that ettled tae gie a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
esit an gettin haud o the Fun Section oot o her Sunday Post sae we
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
wi entries for the Secondary section an thae results will be gien
The entries tae the Primary section wis richt guid an shawed a me
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
rown's airticle in the Ecosse section o the Sunday Times (9 Juin),
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
r, as ye wul see! Oor reviews section is settlin doun anaw; the'r n on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Detained oan Section 18, on page 37
An ah've mind this section, that man, this run, on page 81
nae fair. In the saicond main section (76-118) Horace muivs oan fra on page 116

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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
n theym days the children’s section (which wis the only ticket ah
age doon in the children’s section. Then ah seen hum lookin’ a
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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
be haulit up, ae thirty foot section at a time, unscrewit an stack on page 48

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Section 5, in partícular, staunds oo
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Scott wis the Heid o’ Section an’ anithir Outdoory. He wi
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ssed that the Eastern Walfare Section wadna check wi the Northern.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tarily dry bokin. There’s a section ae society, eh? And you might
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Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The men's section on page 15

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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e next room. He’s knocked a section ay waw oot, openin up the dou
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he points tae the appointment section. ‘. . .It clearly says Ten.
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ctin folk tae their delegated section an there’s nae real risk in
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the price an gae tae the VIP section whaur the anely difference wi on page 23

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General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
hae a keek at their Education section or contact their Education bo on page 6

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
s for the Mass hymns and each section of the choir had its part; so on page 3

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
This section briefly lists the key reasons on page 4

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
pit these ballads in the Sang section, sae nae doot they were said on page 62

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
28. In the section “Rationale”, the Guidelin
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l, haudin on til a pairt-time section that haed muckle acclaim wi i
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
ay, bein telt in the comments section o this wabsite that the Scots
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
o thae airts. Clickin oan ilk section o the wabsite taks ye tae mai
In the Education section jist ane o the links (Written
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
Jynt Rinner-up in the Poesie Section o Sangschaw 2020 and had seve
ots Leid raither than the Fun Section o the Sunday Post.
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@Chazzbat tweeted
rt o racism. Thur's clearly a section o society wha automatically s(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Huv a look it the CPD section fur new resources Ah helped d(2016)

@LairnScots tweeted
ally The writer o the grammar section o the 'Scots Language and Cul (2020) twitter link
e @ScotGovScots The 'grammar' section o the Scots Language and Cult (2020) twitter link
Hae a luik at oor updatit section oan CLPL fir teachers! Click (2018) twitter link
r Hunt'. They hae a teachers' section anaw! https://t.co/scfcVaxtal (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
t as poems, bit as sangs. Yin section entitled 'A Whole Language' r on page 84

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Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - The Scaffie Man’s Tale, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Polis Station, Lost Property section, seems Ah've tae sign some fo on page 113

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
a first prize in the Scottish Section o the Scottish International
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