A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'greeted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
greetedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42715
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 3
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of greeted in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
hat wis jist aboot how aabody greeted aabody in the Howe, so that s on page 84

1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
hame wi' the shoppin', an I'm greeted by
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ae bar fer a quick nip tae be greeted by reed covered tables, flooe(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
go and wipe his master's erse greeted us in reception. Ah could see on page 17
excited anticipation at bein greeted by the new member ae their fa on page 159
sts oan the dance flair. Ah'm greeted wae loadsae unfamiliar pusses on page 171
inside the main entrance and greeted by other students. Who wur bu on page 188

4 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
you men wi yer fag ends," she greeted him. "That's twice this week on page 38
"Aye," she greeted her. "Whit gard ye bide sae l on page 93

2 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n whaur a pack o dugs noisily greeted us. There were a couple o wes
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Frank greeted us wi a sceptical “Any luck
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
de Bar he was surprised ti be greeted bi hoots o dereision frae the
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
steed, the answer ah gave wis greeted by only silence. And as ah lo on page 35

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
haun’ fu’ o’ followers, greeted us in an accent sae thick anâ
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. And before ah ken it ah’m greeted again by a fretful lookin Bru
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ck is shoart lived. As ah’m greeted wae the same depressin rugged
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’’ tae ma surprise ah’m greeted wae silence fae him. And when
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
alkin acroass the room ah’m greeted by the openin bars ay Build m
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
We are greeted at the door by an awfully smi
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
as is weel-kent, the pley wis greeted wi vituperation bi the critic on page 39

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ah'm somebody else'-but och!" greeted Ahlice, wi a sudden burst o t on page 19
th pool o tears which she hed greeted when she was nein fit high. on page 20
e listenin?" Th pair wee hing greeted agin (or grunted, eet was imp on page 60

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
Nice to be greeted by a friendly face first thin(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She leukt again, an was greeted bae a wave. Hir sister's shou on page 25

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
gdom o Latharna, an they were greeted bae the land, for it see’d
‘They greeted tears sae heavy that they cas
2 matches

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