A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'mess'

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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 'mess' Shetland 11.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 54 Orkney 39.7 occurrences per million words 2 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 131.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 29.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 10.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 16 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 74.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 35.5 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 31.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 20 Glasgow 50.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 23 West Central 64.4 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 13.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 12.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 13.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 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.

'mess' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'mess' 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 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2001 2 total occurrences 26.13 per million words 2002 3 total occurrences 39.77 per million words 2003 4 total occurrences 26.75 per million words 2004 1 total occurrences 9.50 per million words 2005 2 total occurrences 29.42 per million words 2006 7 total occurrences 81.21 per million words 2007 2 total occurrences 21.65 per million words 2008 5 total occurrences 63.63 per million words 2009 2 total occurrences 24.58 per million words 2010 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2011 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2012 2 total occurrences 14.95 per million words 2013 1 total occurrences 13.44 per million words 2014 4 total occurrences 23.26 per million words 2015 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2016 1 total occurrences 6.57 per million words 2017 10 total occurrences 68.76 per million words 2018 1 total occurrences 12.84 per million words 2019 1 total occurrences 10.39 per million words 2020 19 total occurrences 55.97 per million words 2021 20 total occurrences 42.54 per million words 2022 12 total occurrences 54.95 per million words 2023 4 total occurrences 40.98 per million words 2024 1 total occurrences 69.24 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 0.00 0
2001 26.13 2
2002 39.77 3
2003 26.75 4
2004 9.50 1
2005 29.42 2
2006 81.21 7
2007 21.65 2
2008 63.63 5
2009 24.58 2
2010 0.00 0
2011 0.00 0
2012 14.95 2
2013 13.44 1
2014 23.26 4
2015 0.00 0
2016 6.57 1
2017 68.76 10
2018 12.84 1
2019 10.39 1
2020 55.97 19
2021 42.54 20
2022 54.95 12
2023 40.98 4
2024 69.24 1

'mess' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
23.68
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
37.21