A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'texture'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
textureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.898
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 texture in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
e. It adds so much colour and texture to the hill. https://t.co/yfe (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
at & I'm sure wid be the same texture if ye ate a rat!! ??(2018)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hich appears tae resemble the texture ae a crocodile. And then ther on page 72

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
t an' A couldnae taste it. Ri texture wis spoat oan birra couldnae
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
it's got mare texture, on page 32
Eh love thi texture it geez ti thi air on page 74

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ad no lumps an’ wis of even texture. This was no’ practical on
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Turnin the texture o yer smile tae parchment ser on page 57

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
texture tied aroon ma tongue. on page 96

1 matches

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