A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sized'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sizedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12924
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
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 sized in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
intae breath-sized mind. on page 15
through the skull-sized window, compete on page 25

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
me left ta mak wan raesonable-sized body!" on page 14

1 matches

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
n. Each peerie park is a bite-sized junk; just manageable wi Gran
1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
smacked da port side wi a ham-sized nev, causin flakes o roost ta
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
vals; brichtly-coloured, life-sized cartoon characters; 'hole-in- on page 38

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
even tae showin her the fist sized scar in my side. But fin I te
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
bairn jist brocht in a proper sized een! https://t.co/mAXssA9lxq (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
try a cheese fondue (a share-sized pot o het meltit cheese wi lo on page 6

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
lang, low table, wi ae bairn-sized seat drawn up tae it, and a b
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ds them, they turnit roon and sized up the new loon in their mids on page 74
, tattered blue jeans an ower-sized jaiket, Blair couldna imagine on page 76

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
at they war totty wee bairnie-sized fowk. Dinnae you believe it.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Wha fand a fair sized dod o meat on page 16

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
That's hou they sized him up, This New, Refreshing on page 22

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ancy hoose and a fitbaw pitch sized gairden tae go wae it. It's d on page 157
est and dearest pal. A family sized bag ae Monster Munch. on page 91

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
self service m8 - n a decent sized boot in eer motor is awe u ne (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wisnae much mair than a fair-sized claes press and there wis wan on page 180

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rose, an she got him a normal-sized card an a white rose; an even on page 109
havin just killed a dinosaur sized bee. Now if you cel like comp on page 123
fur the price ae three normal sized wans. Aw that musta made yir on page 169

3 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
I quickly picked up a decent sized boulder from the pebbly, ston
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fae alow the sheet cam a fair-sized crab! on page 94

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
ad fae buy a new bed - queen-sized - wi a nae-pea guarantee. on page 14

1 matches

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ewin steak chappit intil bite sized cubes an rummelt aboot in sea on page 68

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
y were nae bigger than medium-sized dollies - had stapped whit t on page 78

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
just a wee, middlin-sized basket, yet average, muckle k on page 78

1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
a 'Naebody speaks like that' sized hole? https://t.co/o33OqM9yvj(2020)

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