A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'acts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
actsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24327
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 36.4 8 4
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 8
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 acts in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Acts 2 on page 17
Acts 9:1-22 on page 159

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r's pickit oot o the aadience acts es a host body fir the spirit on page 58

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hearkens tae fit A'm sayin an acts accoordinly is a bittie lik e on page 15
ill ma an hears fit A say, an acts upo it, A'll lat ye see fit h on page 90

2 matches

South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
t – wan o thae fuckers that acts like the world owes him a liv
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Back in Skeel again, Maxie acts i'feel again on page 182

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
o needs. Nae evangelism, just acts of humanity (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
arlotte was one o the support acts affa good ina(2020)

(South) East Central

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
affices aw ower the warld, in acts o non-violent cívil disobedi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ertion that "one of the first acts of the Parliament's Cross Par
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
caley n niddrie star r class acts likes as ee ken (2020) twitter link

West Central

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
er years ago an’ then some. Acts of Union. Sale o’ the centu
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
otland's maist popular singin acts - the Corries. They were sey on page 69
raicent Sunday Times airticle acts as if this is aw a great scan on page 123

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
but ei acts so cool, on page 45

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
act that ma sins ootnumber ma acts ae kindness a million tae yin
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
in the tellin ae the tale. He acts oot the sound effects ae the on page 22

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wee brekk, then the two main acts. on page 3

3 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eason tae suspect felonies or acts o subversion or conspiracy li
iracy likely tae eventuate in acts o terror or related forms o c
the presumption that specific acts or behaviours ur bein focusse
3 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Ah’ve witnessed countless acts ay violence borne fae the ign
1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
she needed onything, but she acts as if ah'm no even there.
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
ken wur minds, an see love's acts as sins; on page 103

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
The Acts o the Parliaments o Scotland on page 15
T's existin quotation fae The Acts of the Lords of Council in Ci on page 17

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s an alphabetical dictionar o acts, culture, fowk an historical on page 129
rly Travellers in Scotland or Acts of the Parliaments of Scotlan on page 132

3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. (1586). Ae quotation in the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotlan
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
teps for tae heeze up Gaelic, acts on the Scots leid an taks ten
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
I haed decreed anaw that the acts o his pairlament shuid be wru
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
ichts hes resultit in barbour acts that
petent national tribunals for acts
nonpolitical crimes or o acts contrair til the purposes and
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ony new acts.
s that referendums held unner Acts o
can be brocht in throu Acts o Pairlament, comprehendin ru
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s. McFarlane, wha screived an acts i this play, taks the audienc
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Cultural acts is ane wey tae chynge society
1 matches

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