A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'freshness'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
freshnessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.275
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 freshness in Corpus

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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
da broon ditches, enjoyin da freshness a da day. Da first job is to
in da crisp hay, to smell da freshness an test for dryness. Spreadin
2 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
mpled duvet cover. Springtime freshness. He waantit tae tell his mum on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
To thrust its freshness through the long moss-bound on page 32
r as he spoke, an there wis a freshness aboot him nou; I'd lang thoch on page 75

2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
brave and faithful loon. The freshness o new blossoms is in it tae, on page ix

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
breathe it in, breathe in the freshness and aliveness of it efter a w
1 matches

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