A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'sometimes'

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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 'sometimes' Shetland 156.9 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 54 Orkney 139.1 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 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 71.9 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 196.9 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 16 South Northern 325.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 42.5 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 172.4 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 137.7 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 20 Glasgow 159.3 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 23 West Central 114.9 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 26.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 49.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 139.1 occurrences per million words 5 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) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 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) 51.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'sometimes' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'sometimes' 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 2 total occurrences 34.98 per million words 2001 16 total occurrences 209.04 per million words 2002 13 total occurrences 172.32 per million words 2003 46 total occurrences 307.67 per million words 2004 10 total occurrences 95.01 per million words 2005 9 total occurrences 132.39 per million words 2006 6 total occurrences 69.61 per million words 2007 4 total occurrences 43.29 per million words 2008 4 total occurrences 50.90 per million words 2009 5 total occurrences 61.44 per million words 2010 17 total occurrences 144.73 per million words 2011 14 total occurrences 96.43 per million words 2012 16 total occurrences 119.58 per million words 2013 13 total occurrences 174.68 per million words 2014 12 total occurrences 69.77 per million words 2015 6 total occurrences 46.10 per million words 2016 11 total occurrences 72.22 per million words 2017 7 total occurrences 48.13 per million words 2018 8 total occurrences 102.73 per million words 2019 15 total occurrences 155.85 per million words 2020 49 total occurrences 144.34 per million words 2021 51 total occurrences 108.48 per million words 2022 10 total occurrences 45.79 per million words 2023 14 total occurrences 143.43 per million words 2024 10 total occurrences 692.42 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 34.98 2
2001 209.04 16
2002 172.32 13
2003 307.67 46
2004 95.01 10
2005 132.39 9
2006 69.61 6
2007 43.29 4
2008 50.90 4
2009 61.44 5
2010 144.73 17
2011 96.43 14
2012 119.58 16
2013 174.68 13
2014 69.77 12
2015 46.10 6
2016 72.22 11
2017 48.13 7
2018 102.73 8
2019 155.85 15
2020 144.34 49
2021 108.48 51
2022 45.79 10
2023 143.43 14
2024 692.42 10

'sometimes' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
127.87
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
103.60