A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pls'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
plsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7124
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pls in Corpus

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
wan o my all time fav books. Pls give it a go. Its high scifi (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
oot oor Doric dialect cwid ye pls help wi a RT an hope others u(2014)
e link tae wirk. Can u resend pls?(2015)
ve anxiety or depression then pls do not suffer alone https://t(2017)
s See https://t.co/EcwaDS94hr Pls mention her loon putten ye in(2017)
Can anyone help David pls: “I used to do shooting & af(2018)
and 1 other occurrences.

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
id fir you and taking stand.. Pls remember sticks an stones may(2014)
etting x-factor. @JeffBrazier Pls gie both a hug o congratulati(2015)
ffBrazier Hey Jeff! Could you pls dm me the days you "skype cli(2016)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
y fae masel and @LuminateScot Pls RT tae thon whae micht enjoy (2020)