A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'afore'

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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 'afore' Shetland 1,505.4 occurrences per million words 30 authors out of 54 Orkney 1,202.3 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,265.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 783.0 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 1,353.8 occurrences per million words 24 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 1,468.6 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 17 South Northern 2,115.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 4 Dundee 1,646.1 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 9 North East Central 1,467.7 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 704.5 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 905.0 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 20 Glasgow 1,076.0 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 22 West Central 696.8 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 1,580.2 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 1,514.0 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 1,338.9 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 3,634.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,412.3 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 1,279.1 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 1,346.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 1,070.6 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'afore' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'afore' 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 2025 2026 2000 38 total occurrences 663.30 per million words 2001 80 total occurrences 1,045.19 per million words 2002 92 total occurrences 1,217.88 per million words 2003 169 total occurrences 1,129.57 per million words 2004 171 total occurrences 1,624.75 per million words 2005 66 total occurrences 970.85 per million words 2006 86 total occurrences 997.71 per million words 2007 122 total occurrences 1,114.63 per million words 2008 99 total occurrences 1,259.83 per million words 2009 114 total occurrences 1,400.84 per million words 2010 217 total occurrences 1,847.45 per million words 2011 161 total occurrences 1,108.97 per million words 2012 214 total occurrences 1,599.41 per million words 2013 105 total occurrences 1,410.89 per million words 2014 245 total occurrences 1,360.74 per million words 2015 117 total occurrences 899.02 per million words 2016 166 total occurrences 1,089.90 per million words 2017 162 total occurrences 1,113.85 per million words 2018 67 total occurrences 860.35 per million words 2019 87 total occurrences 903.92 per million words 2020 263 total occurrences 800.55 per million words 2021 359 total occurrences 806.76 per million words 2022 203 total occurrences 992.21 per million words 2023 150 total occurrences 1,204.26 per million words 2024 100 total occurrences 1,228.11 per million words 2025 12 total occurrences 985.87 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 663.30 38
2001 1,045.19 80
2002 1,217.88 92
2003 1,129.57 169
2004 1,624.75 171
2005 970.85 66
2006 997.71 86
2007 1,114.63 122
2008 1,259.83 99
2009 1,400.84 114
2010 1,847.45 217
2011 1,108.97 161
2012 1,599.41 214
2013 1,410.89 105
2014 1,360.74 245
2015 899.02 117
2016 1,089.90 166
2017 1,113.85 162
2018 860.35 67
2019 903.92 87
2020 800.55 263
2021 806.76 359
2022 992.21 203
2023 1,204.26 150
2024 1,228.11 100
2025 985.87 12
2026 0.00 0

'afore' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
1,276.23
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
976.08