A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'innit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
innitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1105
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of innit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
_DawnLeslie @RobDrummond Aye, innit is like n’est-ce pas, eh no? (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- jist pick up the box wae 5 innit - gutted noo! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ell that's wer yir wrang then innit, said Chris, Gause me a Kirst on page 116
rlene smirked, Sa pure belter innit. on page 154
appy an stuff, That's somchin innit. on page 169

3 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
an dein is gey inconvenient, innit(?) ??(2020)
@Jaynesharp It's chronic, innit? Ah want tae set fire tae a'b(2020)
@jackiepatie Innit? Noo Ah jist need a reason ta(2020)
Innit funny hou noisy the street ge(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
72 Me wif ye as Jacob wud say,innit(2019)