A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'entire'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
entireOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83228
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 9
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of entire in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
in petal transparencies; an entire movie on page 25

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Yir knackered the entire row o stabs. on page 62

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
s ithin various forms troo da entire Scots on page 60
kle as twartree wirds an even entire claases. Examples o verb phra on page 69

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
His entire congregation wis ae shepherd on page 15

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
English ettelt tae pit their entire airmy ower the auld Stirlin b
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e kicked aboot throughoot yur entire life. Kin yae hear that? That on page 15
've kept faith in a system ma entire life that hus promised sae mu on page 25
act aboot me that her and the entire world kent. That ah um a dege on page 60

3 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
later an cuid report til the entire faimily that ying Ian wis no on page 99

1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
. Then the biggest game eh ma entire career started.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
in unner her fingernails. The entire time, she wis hauf-aware ae w
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
an grandmithers threitens oor entire language - thon's a gien. Al
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ackin began again ‘n’ the entire hoose startit shakin tryin ta
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
can lead tae a bank rin on an entire kintra. Fowk that were involv
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ndfu o coppers aboot him. The entire twa nichts' wark involvin fiv on page 106

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
anycunt in the history ae the entire world. She stands up tae meet on page 36

1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
cannae believe, they cover ma entire stomach wi jist yin oaf ‘em
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the blinds are closed and the entire night hus been nuttin but a h
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
collapsin the entire game on page 50

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
eems real as games rippit aff entire, on page 83

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e the best golf course in the entire county. Ma auld man is shelli
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
t is less sair. Weel an aw-no entire. But I ken he gaed hame tae h on page 91

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
enough tae run it yersel, the entire factory will become aw yours. on page 170

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
car, Granny wis pleasant the entire journey. She kept me and Kate on page 31

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I maun hae, full and entire on page 55

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t, involvin the replacement o entire genres. The muckler micht o E
1 matches

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@Chazzbat tweeted
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@bigandymccoll tweeted
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South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
owa. A wheen o ma poems (twae entire books in fact) are set purely(2020)