A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'well-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
well-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.622
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 well- in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
draw treacle oot o a treacle-well-eh, stupid?" on page 71

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The douce ex-leftie With well-rubbed belly on page 58

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he's gittin. An entourage ae well-mannered and dressed to kill f on page 50
se, Sir" he says, in his posh well-spoken voice. "That's the ICU on page 177
jist they'm it wis like some well-rehearsed theatre performance. on page 196

3 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
nett) in school mind you. Her well-kent poems an performances in
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ock ah’ve goat fae findin a well-kept hoose. Kitted oot in aw m
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nta's reindeer. Ah've got her well-traint, said Charlene, She kno on page 169

1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
an huv an awfy well-designed an nifty wey
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an booted an well-suited on page 26
eftir smackin a well-kent face on page 63

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ollae in the direction ae the well-spoken voice cawin oot ma name
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
penin the hing up amongst the well-stocked provisions ah find fou
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Ah dae," Alice said tae him, "Well-ah mean-ah mean whit ah say, o on page 68
is such a thing as a treacle-well-yjist the wan, anywey." on page 73

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae ma face, lit some kind ae well-adjusted adult. on page 1

2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
mair intae Mandingo Blood an well-hung darkies onyhow).
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a, the tall quine smiles thon well-upfeshed an desperate smile.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ions in the name ay health an well-bein.
tern enlightenment an tantric well-bein he’s puntin.
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
g supplier tae this myriad ay well-heeled charlie bandits? Market
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
revious two. He rolls oot the well-worn clichés aboot his hauns
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A leid well-kent by mony fowk on page 104

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
s. Turns oot there wis a very well-respected fella in the 18th ce on page 35
'This essay is well-formed, and you've used the fi on page 45

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
o scent, even though he wis a well-paid engineer at Yarrows. He w on page 50

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n's ‘Elegy’: ‘And eels, well-kend for souple tail, And geds
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e’s Scots owersettin o this well-kent kythed i Lallans 74 (2009
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
like Ye've had yersel a guid well-deserved holiday. Look forward (2022) twitter link

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