A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'tale'

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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 'tale' Shetland 81.4 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 54 Orkney 149.0 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 246.1 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 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 196.2 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 154.1 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 15 South Northern 325.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 148.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 185.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 69.1 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 46 Edinburgh 75.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 19 Glasgow 76.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 21 West Central 124.1 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 196.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 174.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 125.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'tale' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'tale' 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 8 total occurrences 139.93 per million words 2001 5 total occurrences 65.32 per million words 2002 3 total occurrences 39.77 per million words 2003 9 total occurrences 60.20 per million words 2004 6 total occurrences 57.01 per million words 2005 5 total occurrences 73.55 per million words 2006 10 total occurrences 116.01 per million words 2007 20 total occurrences 216.45 per million words 2008 25 total occurrences 318.14 per million words 2009 6 total occurrences 73.73 per million words 2010 15 total occurrences 127.70 per million words 2011 9 total occurrences 61.99 per million words 2012 13 total occurrences 97.16 per million words 2013 15 total occurrences 201.56 per million words 2014 59 total occurrences 343.01 per million words 2015 19 total occurrences 145.99 per million words 2016 2 total occurrences 13.13 per million words 2017 13 total occurrences 89.38 per million words 2018 9 total occurrences 115.58 per million words 2019 10 total occurrences 103.90 per million words 2020 13 total occurrences 40.74 per million words 2021 24 total occurrences 51.05 per million words 2022 4 total occurrences 19.78 per million words 2023 12 total occurrences 133.30 per million words 2024 1 total occurrences 135.45 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 139.93 8
2001 65.32 5
2002 39.77 3
2003 60.20 9
2004 57.01 6
2005 73.55 5
2006 116.01 10
2007 216.45 20
2008 318.14 25
2009 73.73 6
2010 127.70 15
2011 61.99 9
2012 97.16 13
2013 201.56 15
2014 343.01 59
2015 145.99 19
2016 13.13 2
2017 89.38 13
2018 115.58 9
2019 103.90 10
2020 40.74 13
2021 51.05 24
2022 19.78 4
2023 133.30 12
2024 135.45 1

'tale' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
105.77
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
93.43