A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'created'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
createdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32720
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of created in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
he created, drew aside as the teenage bu on page 17
whar aal his memories wir created, on page 35

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ocal loon Gordon Bathgate has created a gye funny Doric TV Channel (2016)

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
he daft, demented doactur wha created me didnae believe in wystin o on page 40

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Human form's foo she's created on page 88

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
n we were well in control and created Watkins chances - only reall (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
, that's maire the Tories huv created since they miraculously goat on page 119

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
called Oor Vyce. It was also created by Jack Capener, who is a bra
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wantit it, when the raicently created National Health Service luiki
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
andy thing tae huv". She haes created a clever mellin o paint an wo
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- the mess up here has been created by the sfa and of course the (2021) twitter link
this is the mess created by the fm and the snp - hosp (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
created as it wis tae keep pouer awa on page 29
projections anent jobs tae be created? Likewise whan oor servants, on page 37
rise, an sic jobs as are bein created dinnae pey eneugh tae keep bo on page 53

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
t seen thi potential in me an created so many opportunities fir me. on page i
this created thi steam on page 23

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
bons an ither bits an pieces, created a bonfire an had a bit o a pa on page 122

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
rian than meets the eye. He's created such an exact image tae show on page 7

1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
ollarbones, an the shadows it created made the daurk, sallowed bits
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae the mix cocaine an ye’ve created a monster.
1 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ettled aw ower the warld, and created great Scots sangs an poetry a on page 11

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Naebdy his iver created claes like this fur me. Amazi on page 64

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ic yins! Think @Historic_Ally created them? https://t.co/kTeu6XgaYL (2019) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Jings, ah created a Twitter acoont aboot three (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Northwords Now 43 - Donald Adamson, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central, poetry
by the licht o sterns created on page 28

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in this hoose fur aal men wur created equal an there was nae reason on page 30

1 matches

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