Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'selection'

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Use in varieties of Scots

selection	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	16.5	55	23
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	22.9	7	5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	4.9	2	2
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	2
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	6
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of selection 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.

Shetland

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
lets faes it, dey ay ir) an a selection o hit’s comrades had med hi
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
they didna hae an affa great selection an the anes they did hae war on page 25
an Pauline Afaistane made er selection fir the "transfiguration'. on page 60

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
nerin in aboot, layin oot his selection o pan-scrubbers, soap, pegs, on page 90

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
fleer an launched inno a braw selection o reels, jigs an strathspeys
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
same at Christmas alang wi a selection box each. The man hid a job a
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fas aeten their selection box already! https://t.co/Krg(2019)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
intil yer Spotify Scots lang selection. Fit a bonnie body o wirk we (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
mewey tae ate anaa, wi a wide selection o fuid cultures tae explore. on page 8

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General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
eal section, giein the meagre selection a scan. Efter judgin on page 72

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(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
disavous ony notion that his selection and exclusion are definitive. on page 95

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
her - hope ee get a cadburys selection box fae santa n rudolph gees (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s cherished books, the meagre selection, on page 17

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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
or owre mony years, but noo a selection o the texts hae been made ava
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
t of issues. Wi his grandiose selection of wurds he intended to tackl
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
re tae watch fur n by natural selection some ir our enemies, which ma on page 10

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
thare's a muckle selection on page 14

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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
the attraction o a guid comic selection aye garred thaim come an see on page 23

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
s cherished beuks, the meagre selection ,
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General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
an leaflets is providit in a selection o tongues, Scots shuid be, as on page 14

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the owthors haes wrutten: our selection was governed by relative hist on page 130

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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
eenit hus a breengin an braid selection o subjects an topics oan it;
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Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Tak a luk at his selection o implements and shiver then

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ill ye: are ye involvit i the selection ony poesie I Scots for Pushin(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
e this resource here - a wee selection fae the wheen o wirds that #S (2020) twitter link
cots in schools website has a selection o literature wi audio: https: (2020) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Wid be ma ideal selection on page 105

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