A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'addition'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
additionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61817
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of addition in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
in Scots ae lesson a wikk, in addition tae the senior class. #scotsl (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
i some seeds in it the newest addition tae yer gairden an ye will be
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Ess new addition's costin an airm an a leg." M on page 92

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
igithir an I hope we pass wir addition!) on page 202

1 matches

(South) East Central

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
s conseedered tae be a modern addition kis it replaced an auld cast
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
s tae the schuils, an, wi the addition o a collection o traditional
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
brood owre human foibles. In addition tae providin him wi the leesu on page 101

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
a polar bear wuid mak a fine addition tae the menu - there wuid be on page 37

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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oney, too engrossed in simple addition tae hear whit’s bein said.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ays. Ah felt bad aboot ma ain addition tae the graffiti. on page 52

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
fferentiated consistently. In addition there was also 'ʒ' (yogh) re on page 17

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
, an should be taen as a braw addition, no as the lane experience pu
addition tae their community leid they
2 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
addition
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e Saltire comic is a valuable addition tae contemporary Scottish cul
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
le item o syntax meanin ‘in addition’, ‘moreover’, ‘beside
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
een teaching em the basics of addition and subtraction, ye know (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ge, the harbour jawb a recent addition tae a lenthy list o short-ter on page 13

1 matches

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