A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'royalty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
royaltyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82514
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 38.4 15 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
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 royalty in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e da sam fashion hooses at da royalty wirk wi." on page 11
you wid tink dey wir lippenin royalty. Shi. wis shaain me da bedroo on page 47

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
fair amused A toilet pan that royalty's used Like me ye'll aft hae on page 15

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
- a wee bit hiphop mixed wi royalty. on page 81
"Nae dancin an ye hiv tae be royalty tae get a drink." on page 83
id let hersel puke in front o royalty. Afore either the King or the on page 84

3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
royalty, I spiered at him whit he tho
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
haunds oan her peeny. “... Royalty, wantin siller aff the like o
ler aff the like o us. Bliddy Royalty ...” He uised it like a swe
e French kent whit tae dae wi royalty. We shuid hae duin the same.
“Thai’r no oor royalty onywey. Thai’r the Inglish
onywey. Thai’r the Inglish royalty.” Wullie didnae ken whit th
9 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he Mount Rushmore ae criminal royalty. Tae me, though, eh? he’s j
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
breaking the rules including royalty - a rest my case! (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
But back tae the Royalty o Dunedin's mile on page 107

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Nae mair royalty, nae mair Prince. on page 12

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
"I canna think that royalty on page 50

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Let royalty be mine, an save this hoose! on page 35

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@Ian45368047 Nae in favour of royalty at all, this is true and enti(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
dy is abuin the Law, includin royalty. Prince Andrew tak note! http(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
nae longer chained tae their royalty fuckers in WM!!(2020)