Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ironically'

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Use in varieties of Scots

ironically	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.1	10	8
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
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 ironically in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e rest o the kintrae that wis ironically cried the United Kingdom, wha
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
It seemed sae ironically fitting then, on page 18

1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
st twa-three hunner year, but ironically oor very ain educational syst
st twa-three hunner year, but ironically oor very ain educational syst
2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
es that summat is bein misst. Ironically , folk ur apt tae feel baith m
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
It seemed sae ironically fittin then,
1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
o you are, who you had been.' Ironically, this is tae be Jess's weird on page 90

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
st, on the analogy o guid) - ironically, the Report inside speceifica on page 56

1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
y whaur we differ is that – ironically for fowk wha threip they want
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
ask 'Dae ye yaise 'outwith'? Ironically, they usually reply wi 'Aye..(2017)