Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'rates'

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Use in varieties of Scots

rates	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.9	19	16
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	11.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central	18.4	4	3
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	2
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central	6.7	5	5
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 rates in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Grunny rates a Bible. If she’s nae awa t
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
p Peeps still deen pensioners rates! Im oot o here.. https://t.(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@DonsBarca Aht's Sparky rates.??(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And special rates for high ecclesiastics. on page 33

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
laSturgeon water and sewerage rates go up every year - nobody co (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Buses, Polis, or Business Rates, (Bocht fir tuppence ha'penny on page 211

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi their 'Special rates', that wir 'Juist fir me' on page 141

1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Corbyn noo proposes: interest rates an govrenment spendin were ya
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
n, the reackoning o his daily rates wis gawin up an up an up. Ilk
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ooses dinnae jist hae tae pey rates an business taxes, but employ on page 90
s will be askin far ower high rates due tae the fack that we hae on page 145

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
i keep up we ah thi inflation rates on page 1

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e tae be paid Journeysman’s rates . He’d been kept on prep wor
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Weel duin! As ye cut their rates tae the bone,
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'There's twa rates : twa francs a day, three fran
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
gif we are tae see the faster rates o progress we're efter for Ga
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
o Scale, estaiblisht in 2001, rates seegnals gauin bi hoo likely
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
I purchase. Any East Lothian rates or is it yin price fir awe? H(2016)

@weenell3 tweeted
salaries based on the new ex rates. Property & food prices were (2022) twitter link