A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'fore'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'fore' Shetland 69.7 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 54 Orkney 89.4 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 101.4 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 59.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 15 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 42.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 46.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 10.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 43.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 19 Glasgow 32.6 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 21 West Central 32.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 13.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 237.1 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 13.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'fore' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'fore' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2000 3 total occurrences 52.48 per million words 2001 12 total occurrences 156.78 per million words 2002 4 total occurrences 53.02 per million words 2003 19 total occurrences 127.08 per million words 2004 12 total occurrences 114.02 per million words 2005 4 total occurrences 58.84 per million words 2006 6 total occurrences 69.61 per million words 2007 3 total occurrences 32.47 per million words 2008 6 total occurrences 76.35 per million words 2009 7 total occurrences 86.02 per million words 2010 5 total occurrences 42.57 per million words 2011 10 total occurrences 68.88 per million words 2012 6 total occurrences 44.84 per million words 2013 3 total occurrences 40.31 per million words 2014 12 total occurrences 69.77 per million words 2015 14 total occurrences 107.57 per million words 2016 3 total occurrences 19.70 per million words 2017 12 total occurrences 82.51 per million words 2018 6 total occurrences 77.05 per million words 2019 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2020 4 total occurrences 12.54 per million words 2021 10 total occurrences 21.27 per million words 2022 12 total occurrences 59.34 per million words 2023 7 total occurrences 77.76 per million words 2024 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.48 3
2001 156.78 12
2002 53.02 4
2003 127.08 19
2004 114.02 12
2005 58.84 4
2006 69.61 6
2007 32.47 3
2008 76.35 6
2009 86.02 7
2010 42.57 5
2011 68.88 10
2012 44.84 6
2013 40.31 3
2014 69.77 12
2015 107.57 14
2016 19.70 3
2017 82.51 12
2018 77.05 6
2019 0.00 0
2020 12.54 4
2021 21.27 10
2022 59.34 12
2023 77.76 7
2024 0.00 0

'fore' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
76.57
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
42.84