A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ou'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ouOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92211
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 104.8 8 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 ou in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
it haes preeöritaisd speleen ouïr kaindleenes as A figir oot
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ebbe yir faither but it's nae ou.' on page 78

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
!" scraicht Humphy Dumphy. "F'ou mony days is there in a year? on page 81

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
A powlar urss is aw ae ou. Ilk pairt o it is furmed ti
arna aw ae ou. Thair naitiounal souch bene
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
makkin ane avyse at is aw ae ou, at stauns proud an is eith r on page 13

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
aith outsyde an bew sheipie's-ou ben. It wes skowthie as a cai on page 3

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
tem is heidiepeers wi the ane ou uize, biz thair saets: consti
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Psstt, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche, ou est la torche
7 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
vely silver gemstone necklace ou hud oan in a photie o ye and on page 7

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Gin I maun caird the tow, the ou you’re spinnin;
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
essed tae an unspecified “ȝou”. At nae pynt is gender ref
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
r aften – representit by ‘ou’ than ‘oo’. Naebody wou
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ad @Historic_Ally Startit the OU coorse i the Scots Leid (free(2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
up e blae the final whistle. Ou wer 5 meenits inti injury tim(2012)