A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'causes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
causesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72517
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 76.6 7 3
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 6
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 causes in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
It causes peer Colin a lat o' pain on page 14

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
it wis pit doon ti ‘unknown causes’.
‘Unknown causes’? Neen but the Almichty ken
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
hat there’s countless ither causes an aa. Ane o the biggest caus
an aa. Ane o the biggest causes is haein ither health issues
in that bein obese can be fit causes some mental illnesses in the
a sae-caa’d ‘solution’ causes a bigger social gap in ma kin
4 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
hillocks o siller for worthy causes. #Danceathon(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
an tae the table which nearly causes its legs to buckle and fur me on page 75

1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
s (cf millennial), polítical causes. In ma feed there is adverts
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
and anae. mic and that's what causes dietary deficiencies and anor on page 88
un oot that the bacteria that causes flatulence can cure them; he on page 91
s a pure fanny who constantly causes her additional problems; plus on page 169

3 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
The causes o oor national cultural cring
“The causes o oor national cultural cring
2 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ctural raither nor individual causes.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the years tae push particklar causes an they still cin hae a on page 50

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nae conscious choice, impulse causes me 'ae step forward, though I on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
sna evident that gemme playin causes social isolation - fowk inte on page 54

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Jude. The patron saint o lost.causes. God knows me and ma family a on page 119

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi newer causes, socht the prize on page 15

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
sna evident that gemme playin causes social isolation - fowk inte on page 54

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
the Lords of Council in Civil Causes (20/2 1471): Alex. beand summ on page 17

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ed tae gie support tae worthy causes roond aboot.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n. Social interaction in turn causes fowk tae bigg relationships w
1 matches

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