Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tested'

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Use in varieties of Scots

tested	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.6	21	11
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
DOR - General Northern	35.4	8	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.2	4	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	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	42.2	3	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of tested in Corpus

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wisna sure fit wis wrang. He tested the battery
"Is your truck insured and tested ?' Asks the bobby. "Div you th
2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
n at the Broch gettin his een tested . He thocht he wis
advise you to have your eyes tested ." Jonsar thocht oh weel he ke
ae Aiberdeen tae get your een tested ." Auld Eck
hospital get his bloomin heid tested as weel."
4 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
At the outset, I couldn't get tested anywhere. First half of 2020 (2021) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
team tae count. Have yae been tested?(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tested positive, And that naeboady f on page 57
eats. Ah jist hoap she's drug tested efter the match. The maire ah on page 119

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
e’s text me tae say she’s tested positive. And that naeboady f
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ine oh work if your no gettin tested - fgs! (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e bend here. So ah cannae get tested ?”
Did ye get tested ? x
2 matches

General Central

Lang, Charles nobody remembers the birdman - Good Friday, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
ine minutes. The soup will be tested at some point on page 88

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a few morsels o his tried and tested favourites. Some nights it wo on page 44

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
essingLife Are ye any better? Tested?(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
ces comin in August, tried an tested by the likes o @Smithycroft28 (2018) twitter link

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
this iver bein' richtly tested ir carriet oot. We maun get a on page 28

1 matches

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ild an pilot a wee aeroplane. Tested up thon Carmoney Hill an then (2021) twitter link
ild an pilot a wee aeroplane. Tested up thon Carmoney Hill an then(2021)