A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ert'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ertOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91910
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 2
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of ert in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - Recipe for a Good Storm, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and a change o ert. on page 26

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and a change o ert on page 52

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
bide i the doubleness at’s ert an pert o takkan the minority
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
Mebbes hid means at ert mad i aa the kynds o Scots'll
leid strategy is fir. Both ir ert an pert o the apparatus o the
politics, or ir thay gaan tae ert oot nyow politiecal an lingui
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
sheu flits tae Edinburgh fir ert skeul, an than trais tae reki
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
unnin fae da sooth, fae iviry ert dey'll flee an J, da Loard, w on page 69
ders. An aa da fock fae iviry ert 'll head dat wye. 'Lat wis cl on page 73

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
am or braali seemlar naems. A ert kent example o a plaess an a on page 8
foremaist element an shaas da ert: bisooth 'southwards', binort on page 38

2 matches

Sinclair, Lise Fauld up da Feddoms, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, poetry
Lat da wind clear his ert an da sails fill
1 matches

Graham, Laurence Flans Frae Da Haaf, (Shetland For Wirds 2000) Shetland, poetry
An flannin in fae dat black ert,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ver draggin me tae some ponsy ert gallery up toon. Or tae hear on page 81

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
no bein weill acquant wi the ert o
o furin frae the paust. Thair ert wes pure an fu o patients. Th
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
e, an a buddie sune leirs the ert o richtin onie inklin ti owre on page 6

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ert up at him. “Quhit wey dis t
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
n Britisch or Airisch Fïng’ert Leid)
1 matches

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