A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'becomes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
becomesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.54429
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of becomes in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
an becomes unspaekable barman. Whan her
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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
y five oot o ivery 2000 eiggs becomes an adult frog, so A’m braal
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
How lang afore skin becomes bane?
How lang afore bane becomes dust?
2 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Yer wark noo becomes a-solo. on page 11

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd constant fidgetin. It soon becomes clear as day. They wur indeed on page 74
As the night goes oan it becomes maire and maire apparent tae on page 78
? that initial urge tae react becomes somewhat diluted. Jist oan We on page 96
irty second BBC news bulletin becomes clear as water. Aye, we're aw on page 123
d tae the wah. The place fast becomes quieter than a library when a on page 182

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Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
say, that German Haus (house) becomes Schwytzertütsch Hus (hoose) on page 5

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
e Scots “carrying stream” becomes a michty river, fed by the vi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
? Gin the wey o speakin there becomes mair an mair Scots, than Scot
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
always been ma gift. Soartae becomes instinctive bein able tae spo
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
es are o a sexual kind, an it becomes clear thay the main theme is on page 110

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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Affection becomes an addiction, on page 80
thi tormentor becomes reality. on page 89

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
unce the tones yer utterances becomes a kin o verbal Rubik cube.
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ndin laughs, n aw. It quickly becomes clear tae me that the Leith S
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
No while the jaud becomes wirthless, on page 40

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
it the wrong way, and then it becomes a hale ordeal. Ahm daein us b on page 10

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ongs, but as they roll oan it becomes apparent, it's the accordion. on page 3

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Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
than money. Efter a point, it becomes the only measure ay worth ye
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he whips oot his poakit an it becomes apparent where the confidence
oon the side ay his mooth. It becomes ma only abidin thought, tae t
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
me. Oan closer inspection it becomes apparent he’s no wearin a t
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
inction, the mair precious it becomes. Scots is a fine rare tongue. on page 15

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
'is' chenged whan the subject becomes plural. For an instance, in t on page 32

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
in the mornins? He learns. He becomes Educated. He instigorates - on page 83

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ntil a baggit Rid Etin. As it becomes baggit it will swallae up Mer
aince the hydrogen is awa it becomes a White Droich. The question
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ts) is involuntary that Scots becomes the medium of poetry’ refle
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nger in aw this is that Scots becomes a cipher, a kin o ars signoru
danger is that the tradeetion becomes ossified in weys that aften g
2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
a fecht on its hauns afore it becomes acceptit and we are naewey ne
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
thing for the sake o sauftey becomes a routine pairt o war, an the
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astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
l in the Inchna Burn afore it becomes Menstrie Burn. There the lass
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ynt the verra moment that SSE becomes Scots, or Scots becomes SSE,
Scots, or Scots becomes SSE, the follaen pynts are no
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@alistairdunn tweeted
double bed becomes a single bed when shannons he(2015)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e belief that we're like that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. I (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
iginal Alfred Hitchcock film, becomes an obsessional pairt o this j on page 87

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@StuartPoet tweeted
dialect, the wh in most words becomes an f. Far ye gan (where l are(2020)

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
It's fascinating how "skiff" becomes "skift" within a relatively s(2020)