A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'a’'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
a’Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2146
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 48.8 11 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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 a’ in Corpus

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Orkney

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
e @moadore The number o times a’ve been speered aboot Gaelic i (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ly they were spiking aboot it a’day in the media! http://t.co/(2015)
Happy St Andrews Day a’body. Fit ye deein the day tae(2015)
unbelievable! Happy New Year a’body, lang may yer lum reek ht(2015)
tatement – If it soonds like a’bidy is spiking sh1te then the(2017)
Hiv a great wikkend a’bidy - fit ye deein?(2018)
and 6 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
like a cup o tea? ‘No, hen, A’m jist efter ain’. (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@LittleHarmonica Aye tis, A’s is hingy(2019)

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
t guid fer, Absolutely bugger a’wl! #ShakYerErseMin #FitsYerEd(2018)
eenFC @MrGunny1963 @jamlang22 A’tween the pair o ‘ thum thiv (2019)
@DragoonGuard @jimmychoo Foo? A’m bleezin’ an’ at’s afore m(2018)
ochty tae cover ma mooth, bit a’ve been dousin’ ma thrapple w(2020)
Lang may yer lum reek a’w ma chummys a’n fellow dandi(2019)

@Franwella tweeted
’ political persuasions, get a’hin th Scottish Government mes(2020)
ane lined up? ??????? miss EU a’ready ??(2020)
eep ‘is hung fir a lamb .... a’hin’s ‘at wee bitty better w(2021)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Fit a wik. I’ve hid man flu a’wik & got nae sympathy fae the(2017)
rurie & further! Canna please a’body! Typical Aberdonians i su(2018)
ere we are again, Xmas time & a’body merry & jolly. Or in my c(2019)
y! Bert & masel ended up deen a’yon Scottish songs wee ma acco(2020)
Great, that’s a’i need! Wis gang tae sneak oot(2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
be – but as a former lawyer, A’m gey aware o the power o a le (2020) twitter link
se fiction – an aa the rest. A’ll be richt thenkfu. https://t (2020) twitter link
Tae be clear, whit A’m saein is, abodie’s onlie ex(2019)
– an as a Gàidhlig lairner, A’m gey happy tae be in an issue(2020)

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
A’ll need tae temporarily cease (2017)
A’m gaun’ae tak a week aff o ma(2018)
A’m wantin this! https://t.co/kz(2019)

@iainnicol tweeted
@ionafyfe A’v nae idea. Bit that wis whaur(2020)
A’m nae wantin tae pit a hierarc(2020)
Ach weel. Guess A’m no gaein tae hear as muckle (2020)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
d mair confidence in speakin. A’m gey gled thae hings is noo l(2018)
ntil she sterts hecklin, then A’ve telt the security to get th(2019)
nic wis an whit it meant. Noo A’m nominatit fir Scots Speaker (2019)
@DrMDempster @d_anderson878 A’m bein negative, mind. Jist, h(2018)
ken it’s probably juist that A’m an auld tweedie noo an hink (2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

@MartinBroon tweeted
2418 Oan that evidence alone, A’d say luck, the bad kind, wuz (2019)
Just a thought... A’ve been a @ClydeFC supporter f(2019)
??A’m shocked!ANYONE who carries t(2020)
enz_m_ @ClydeFC Aye, best wan A’ve ever received ... Anyhoo, Y(2019)
yce @Ianiesta8 @ClydeFC Wull, A’m pretty sure, “He who knows (2019)
and 5 other occurrences.

@GMacminto tweeted
emisStane Guid forder tae ye. A’m howpin ye’ll come guid spee (2022) twitter link
@ScotsDictionars Braw wark. A’m howpin we’ll can see the hi (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
is 657ft above sea level but a’ll find oot when ahm in auld r(2020)
Nae bother, ma lassie. a’ll dae that fur ye! Nudge wink(2020)