A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'about'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'about' Shetland 63.9 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 54 Orkney 159.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 262.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 85.0 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 106.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 15 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 31.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 442.5 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 376.6 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 19 Glasgow 179.1 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 21 West Central 151.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 144.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 74.9 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 264.2 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 4,739.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'about' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'about' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2000 63 total occurrences 1,101.98 per million words 2001 8 total occurrences 104.52 per million words 2002 16 total occurrences 212.08 per million words 2003 14 total occurrences 93.64 per million words 2004 7 total occurrences 66.51 per million words 2005 10 total occurrences 147.10 per million words 2006 15 total occurrences 174.02 per million words 2007 13 total occurrences 140.69 per million words 2008 15 total occurrences 190.88 per million words 2009 23 total occurrences 282.62 per million words 2010 13 total occurrences 110.68 per million words 2011 31 total occurrences 213.53 per million words 2012 11 total occurrences 82.21 per million words 2013 2 total occurrences 26.87 per million words 2014 31 total occurrences 180.23 per million words 2015 13 total occurrences 99.89 per million words 2016 18 total occurrences 118.18 per million words 2017 13 total occurrences 89.38 per million words 2018 16 total occurrences 205.47 per million words 2019 18 total occurrences 187.02 per million words 2020 129 total occurrences 404.29 per million words 2021 147 total occurrences 312.69 per million words 2022 43 total occurrences 212.63 per million words 2023 5 total occurrences 55.54 per million words 2024 1 total occurrences 135.45 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 1,101.98 63
2001 104.52 8
2002 212.08 16
2003 93.64 14
2004 66.51 7
2005 147.10 10
2006 174.02 15
2007 140.69 13
2008 190.88 15
2009 282.62 23
2010 110.68 13
2011 213.53 31
2012 82.21 11
2013 26.87 2
2014 180.23 31
2015 99.89 13
2016 118.18 18
2017 89.38 13
2018 205.47 16
2019 187.02 18
2020 404.29 129
2021 312.69 147
2022 212.63 43
2023 55.54 5
2024 135.45 1

'about' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
188.65
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
225.06