A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'former'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
formerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.34028
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 former in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
sid: wan-time resident o the former bully on page 7

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
read. Merriet til Fiona, the former laird's dochter, Chalmers is on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
read. Merriet til Fiona, the former laird’s dochter, Chalmers i
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
former miner unionisers - jeez, min on page 10

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
poorly, shabbily even, by his former partner.
1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
ndon, thinks he’s an opinion former. Yawn, jog on ye radge, Scotl(2019)

@72redz1903 tweeted
ter. Personally favouring the former (2022) twitter link
slightly reluctant SNP voter, former Labour supporter, couldnae ag (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ime tae announce A goal fae a former player! Get this sorted @Aber(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The breeze upon former fields become fields again, on page 57

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
schuil an aye gaed wi birr to Former Pupils’ Meetings. A scholar
d abbey kirk - the phalanx o former pupils wha cairrit his kist
wi talk o ailments an a wheen former pupils
3 matches

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
ay it ocht tae be – but as a former lawyer, A’m gey aware o the (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
time and is now along wae the former dentist - a complete laughin (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Februar, John MacPhail Law, a former editor o Lallans, admeinistra on page 3

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ti ma likin wes the former, at luikit til Douglas's Scot on page 9

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ur an the fine airts). In the former, the narrator is Bernard Gilp
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
gie o Scottish musardrie. The former, nou i the NLS, wes incorpora
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
theym in the latter than the former, richt enough. The distance a
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@MizLiot tweeted
nivver een or ae (except the former for eyes an the latter for st (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
owledge failed! A mind when a former student, now a Sports Studies
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
course Outdoor pursuits. As a former student yince pit it, “Ach,
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Rugby, sayin’ that he as a former Player, Educator an’ Coach
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General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ed bi Cummings an Masson: the former, Sebastian Flight, a tate cam on page 33

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
r service? Bit Ah'm speakin o former times in thae Chronicles. Ah' on page 12

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Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
est sairvant, Robert McQueen, former Lord Justice Clerk o Scotland on page 7

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
n unemployment bleck spots in former minin communities in the like on page 7

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
e fermer saw whit the thing's former maitter had been afore it eik on page 18

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
The distinguished former Editor o this journal, Dr Dav on page 4

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
l be delichtit that respeckit former SNP man John Finnie is on the
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
muckle leads, the decision o former Glesca Labour cooncilor Steph
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nsions sic as these that gart former Scottish Labour Leader Johann
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ont context and register, the former wid maist likely owerset inta
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@billykayscot tweeted
Delighted to see former @dundeeunitedfc gem Ryan Gaul(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Nazir Afzal the former Chief Prosecuter for the Nort(2021)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
meal at one of Robert Burns’ former haunts. ?? https://t.co/LFrMR(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
artist formerly known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedoni
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