A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ontil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ontilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.35314
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 71 28 5
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 62.6 10 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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 ontil in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
wis, ther wis naywuly tae tye ontil, couse awthein wis rotten an on page 48

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
erbour bar. 'Twis washed back ontil the shore bit aa its cargae o
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
bus intil Aiberdeen an chynge ontil e Edinbro een, save a lot o s
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
in i middle, spread Dairy Lee ontil it. Place i top half back on (2019)
ltural appropriations and yet ontil a winner. Tak it ti the wurru(2021)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
tops half wye doon and clings ontil the rope as the wind swings h
and splooshes the last dreeps ontil his face.
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
dna lest. I wis left my lane, ontil on page 42

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
d Carpenters', he wis wearyin ontil ane o the jyners, Ian thocht on page 95

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
An ging ontil a diet o nuts.’
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ontil the hairth. The barr wes aye
pentit ontil the howes o thair feit ti hai
thocht o sic boits flaitin ontil thair strauns, sae thai telt
ful skowth ti tel hir thrain, ontil thai wes weill
byde ontil the transport cam ower the br
23 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
lin sterns wes nou cumin doun ontil thaim, an
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
s, JOHN KNOX HIS CHAIR kervit ontil’t.
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
Amang its topics ir the yokin ontil kintra life o modren inventio on page 5

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Challenge, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
lichts doon ontil the page on page 29

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
a spaed this an projeckit it ontil his keekin-gless. O coorse, (
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ht yer Scots thochts freeform ontil a page, mediated o’ coorse
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
e telt me ti pit aw the tombs ontil skelfs sae at thai wuid be ti on page 12
r centrin ti uphaud the airch ontil the wark is refraishit, the s on page 25

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
nie ti skail frae the taivern ontil he hed drunk hissell sleipryf on page 5
en the spence ti smeik a pype ontil hiz horss wes doun-fessit fra on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
heles-agowdie intil the air, ontil a waant o confidenss begoud t on page 3
eings ti festen on ma bunnyel ontil, an A pensie-lik bouned ma ge on page 5

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
e hae ti skreive anither wird ontil the day shae cam ti hir lang on page 2
hert onset, an wes in ospital ontil he wes weill eneuch ti gang b on page 6

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
birss an a pail o whyt-waash; ontil he hed stour in hiz thrappil
‘Up we gang! Up we gang!’ ontil at lest, pap! hiz snout cam o
2 matches

General Central

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
haud ontil their community leid.”29
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
t hei micht hae gane awa back ontil the hill, tae the sheep, bot
gaed doun ontil the main road yonner; it the
yae Seturday day nicht gittin ontil Bert Nichol’s bus, anenst t
3 matches

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