A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'fir'

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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 'fir' Shetland 2,993.4 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 54 Orkney 516.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 3,930.8 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 1,916.2 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 120.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 16 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 1,285.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 742.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 907.8 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 557.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 20 Glasgow 1,479.7 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 23 West Central 965.5 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 288.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 212.1 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 4,658.5 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 6,213.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'fir' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'fir' 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 11 total occurrences 192.41 per million words 2001 63 total occurrences 823.09 per million words 2002 21 total occurrences 278.36 per million words 2003 24 total occurrences 160.52 per million words 2004 223 total occurrences 2,118.83 per million words 2005 14 total occurrences 205.94 per million words 2006 252 total occurrences 2,923.54 per million words 2007 163 total occurrences 1,764.07 per million words 2008 68 total occurrences 865.34 per million words 2009 320 total occurrences 3,932.17 per million words 2010 37 total occurrences 315.00 per million words 2011 224 total occurrences 1,542.91 per million words 2012 7 total occurrences 52.32 per million words 2013 23 total occurrences 309.05 per million words 2014 228 total occurrences 1,325.54 per million words 2015 221 total occurrences 1,698.15 per million words 2016 54 total occurrences 354.54 per million words 2017 182 total occurrences 1,251.37 per million words 2018 157 total occurrences 2,016.05 per million words 2019 149 total occurrences 1,548.10 per million words 2020 741 total occurrences 2,182.80 per million words 2021 293 total occurrences 623.25 per million words 2022 412 total occurrences 1,886.49 per million words 2023 166 total occurrences 1,700.63 per million words 2024 4 total occurrences 276.97 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 192.41 11
2001 823.09 63
2002 278.36 21
2003 160.52 24
2004 2,118.83 223
2005 205.94 14
2006 2,923.54 252
2007 1,764.07 163
2008 865.34 68
2009 3,932.17 320
2010 315.00 37
2011 1,542.91 224
2012 52.32 7
2013 309.05 23
2014 1,325.54 228
2015 1,698.15 221
2016 354.54 54
2017 1,251.37 182
2018 2,016.05 157
2019 1,548.10 149
2020 2,182.80 741
2021 623.25 293
2022 1,886.49 412
2023 1,700.63 166
2024 276.97 4

'fir' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
1,126.38
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
1,322.62