A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'aloud'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aloudOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11712
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 2
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aloud in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
at her neep, her faither read aloud frae the Auld Testament. He w
Auld Testament. He wis readin aloud frae Genesis twintyecht, the
2 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d happened, an near sniggered aloud but didna sae as nae tae fleg
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aturday night?" Paul wondered aloud. on page 32

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Shut up!" Hughie said aloud as he turned the corner to hi on page 38

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
(aloud): Fair Eve. ye are a comely l
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
great romantic poetry spoken aloud, felt somethin stirrin deep d on page 178

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nspiels, an Nicola wis readin aloud this really dull soliloquy th on page 169

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tle I jalouse that," she said aloud. on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
gittin waur. Syne he wunnert aloud, did it hansel ill doun the r on page 18
pak the nems o the crossroads aloud as thay hurled by thaim, for on page 25

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, Ah ken Ah dae!" said Ahlice aloud, addressin naebody in particu on page 30
jist as if she hed asked eet aloud; an in anither saicint eet wa on page 49

2 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@AidanReilly6 eer no wrong. E aloud oot this weekend lightweight?(2012)
R e gan ti the boxin or e no aloud efter last weekends antics #c(2012)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Sayin it aloud was as absurd as the thochts on page 16
advert. Maisie stapt an read aloud wi disbelief. "I've said good on page 27

2 matches

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