A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'blue'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'blue' Shetland 261.6 occurrences per million words 19 authors out of 54 Orkney 536.6 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 196.2 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 284.4 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 16 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 63.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 197.8 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 75.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 20 Glasgow 191.2 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 23 West Central 183.9 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 157.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 174.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 264.2 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 618.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 328.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'blue' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'blue' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2000 1 total occurrences 17.49 per million words 2001 22 total occurrences 287.43 per million words 2002 14 total occurrences 185.57 per million words 2003 24 total occurrences 160.52 per million words 2004 30 total occurrences 285.04 per million words 2005 24 total occurrences 353.03 per million words 2006 10 total occurrences 116.01 per million words 2007 24 total occurrences 259.74 per million words 2008 12 total occurrences 152.71 per million words 2009 17 total occurrences 208.90 per million words 2010 21 total occurrences 178.79 per million words 2011 13 total occurrences 89.54 per million words 2012 13 total occurrences 97.16 per million words 2013 4 total occurrences 53.75 per million words 2014 25 total occurrences 145.34 per million words 2015 20 total occurrences 153.68 per million words 2016 26 total occurrences 170.71 per million words 2017 24 total occurrences 165.02 per million words 2018 10 total occurrences 128.41 per million words 2019 16 total occurrences 166.24 per million words 2020 77 total occurrences 226.82 per million words 2021 114 total occurrences 242.49 per million words 2022 41 total occurrences 187.73 per million words 2023 29 total occurrences 297.10 per million words 2024 4 total occurrences 276.97 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 17.49 1
2001 287.43 22
2002 185.57 14
2003 160.52 24
2004 285.04 30
2005 353.03 24
2006 116.01 10
2007 259.74 24
2008 152.71 12
2009 208.90 17
2010 178.79 21
2011 89.54 13
2012 97.16 13
2013 53.75 4
2014 145.34 25
2015 153.68 20
2016 170.71 26
2017 165.02 24
2018 128.41 10
2019 166.24 16
2020 226.82 77
2021 242.49 114
2022 187.73 41
2023 297.10 29
2024 276.97 4

'blue' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
177.60
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
196.13