Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'entertain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

entertain	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.3	14	12
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	9.1	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of entertain in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Comin' wid allow er te aiven entertain the idea o anither dimension, on page 58

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Her man, Steenhillock, widna entertain ony o yon Heilan kinno notion
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ress cam ower fae England tae entertain the planters at the Hill stat
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
a staunchion to entertain the craws. on page 18

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
r nou though, they seemed tae entertain thirsels wi a wee ceilidh –
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
gjohndavsn mony thanks fir an entertain'n puckly oor's, a've tae get (2016)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Juist simple fare tae entertain, on page 43

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
neuch in The Mountain Bard ti entertain an delicht, e'en gin we regai on page 143

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
s the nicht that Clavers wuid entertain the Deil himsel in wild an ba on page 117

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t ae singin at night here tae entertain us auld yins. Bit ae Frank Si on page 1

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
inner an mah auntie tries tae entertain the thousand weans kickin abo on page 173

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Whit will we dae tae entertain on page 158

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
jist entertain the while on page 107

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Looking for a book to entertain you as you read it to them as(2020)