A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word '-or'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-orOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.243
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -or 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
rs-an ahint trees-an doun lums-or ense ye cwidna hae kent aat!" on page 78
irkle. "In course ye dinna ken-or I tell ye. I meint "There a b on page 82
side o your neb, for ensample-or your mou up at the tap-aat wa on page 89
ice wabbit-lke. "Are ye animal-or vegetable-or mineral?" he sai on page 99

5 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
vists hae muived on tae a mair-or-less agreed staundart sen 200 on page 109

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
*"Yeez-tuned-up-or-doon? A or B flat?" on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tae this trial onywey-heid up-or heid doun." on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
owk’s forced intae an aither-or chyce atween twa identities,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
he maist unsuspectin intae dae-or-dee defenders o Scottish synt
1 matches

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