A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'adverts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
advertsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12615
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 adverts in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
the radio Maggie an John Oor adverts are pleased tae pit on An fow on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
st time Ah'll be answerin ony adverts. Fit a drap Ah gat - it jist on page 57

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
In Britain’s Got Talent adverts fur Morrisons fit wye hiv the(2015)
ram ye can get peyed tae post adverts on yer feed. Ah’ve been deei(2020)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Fett hingmy. Hope there's nae adverts for Al Askan See and Mr Beauj(2019)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
e site will be publiceesed in adverts an mailins tae the schuils, a
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
Ever watch the adverts on the TV? If you'r the kind
V? If you'r the kind sees the adverts as a chance ti set the tea ma
Caur adverts is no bad at this, whan it's
Some o thae caur adverts can be grand wee character sc
The'r a hale genre o adverts like this whaur ye dinna ken
6 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
l causes. In ma feed there is adverts an aw – targeted ads learn
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
t wis a place that existit in adverts, cairtoons an wather reports,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
cots sneckit frae programs an adverts in the media thae days. Ye'll
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ers. Ye micht hae seen the TV adverts anent Covid-19 that’s co-br
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ts language shuid be uised in adverts, in signs, in signpostin, an on page 5
ts language shuid be uised in adverts, in signs, in signpostin, an on page 13
ts language shuid be uised in adverts, in signs, in signpostin, an on page 22

3 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
r siller tae spen. (Until the adverts comes on, onywey.) We can fau on page 9

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
on rooms, offices, discos, TV adverts, eatin places an mair. Bairns
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
ose ahint it, sic as recipes, adverts or instruction manuals.
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
n thur wur fower gamblin site adverts during the brek. Disgustin. A(2020)
Ah detest gamblin adverts. They shud be banned.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ciety, don't be fooled by the adverts. We're getting there but slow(2020)