A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'anybody'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
anybodyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus24.77927
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central 165.5 36 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 1
GLA - Glasgow 43.4 8 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 anybody in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
far awey fae anybody or anything, on page 9

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Don't tak lifts fae anybody, he might be on page 137

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Is there anybody buried here?" he aksed. on page 54

1 matches

Facebook link (Shetland on Camera 2021) Shetland
or a peerie fishing trip. Can anybody tell me what dis strange crea

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
s opportunity ta apologise ta anybody wha witnessed me tryin ta rev (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
d tell, in fae he disna waant anybody near his placey.' on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
out it. That’s not a talent anybody should be proud of.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e’re nae looking tae welcome anybody that can watch that utter car (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
For anybody wondering my new account (thi(2016)
ry @AberdeenFoodies Wis there anybody fae Fittie at yer opening nig(2018)

(South) East Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
y fae the media in ma held, o anybody praisin Scotland as a special
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
BCScotlandNews @patrickharvie anybody gets a job wae the snp - jis (2020) twitter link
- saw the blue lights - did anybody see that? (2020) twitter link
he amateur football family as anybody knows - n if clubs r being t (2020) twitter link
see there statement so please anybody update me as am banned on mos (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah'd never been tae Tesco wi anybody before except ma ma tae get t on page 47
got the biggest family ootae anybody ah know though. She talks abo on page 57
ure square if yi want anen if anybody says anythin aboot how come y on page 60
use she's crippuls, an see if anybody wis tae ever bully her or say on page 76
hink the maist minginest fart anybody's ever done though wis the ti on page 90
Also on pages 92, 93, 97, 98, 110, 126, 127, 128, 130, 133, 149, 151, 152, 158, 169
32 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
ae. She said it wisnae up tae anybody else who ah palled aboot wi,
like that: she’ll talk tae anybody as long’s yir a nice person
2 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
s gonaae gee her a skelpin if anybody sees us and grasses."
1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
happily gee a wee concert tae anybody. If I wis gan tae I’d hiv t
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
dern humans here before I let anybody fly me over a mob of them. Im
The Wanderers don’t leave anybody alive to tell tales,” sayed
y. So don’t say anything to anybody. And in particular - ” She
ere is no need ever to remind anybody about your errand of mercy ov
“And probably him more than anybody else. In these
6 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
he hall an scan aboot, see if anybody's in oor on page 5

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
yere aw soft belly and anybody can jist splat ye whenever th on page 1

5 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e fridge.’ ma Ma sais afore anybody kin answer. No that it wid ma
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae distract him fae his, or anybody’s inability tae alter her f
1 matches

General Central

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
a fool o her. She didnae like anybody kiddin her oan.
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
boot how you speak? Ever have anybody come oot wi ‘you’ll never
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
and Danny Lennon. As good as anybody on their day. There was the T
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ying, it's no helping them or anybody else....(2020)
@ThatWeeRedHead If anybody comes near ye all remember ta(2020)

@alistairdunn tweeted
anybody able tae talk me through andy(2015)
was it ever going tae be anybody else?(2014)

@g_hibby tweeted
nd say sorry for no asking if anybody wants a bit in the first plac (2023) twitter link
tter Angela.. How long for is anybody's guess? (2023) twitter link
Meant tae say, anybody else see the helicopter hover (2023) twitter link

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Anybody else signed up fur this? ????(2020)
Anybody else think that was fuckin dr(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
a and see monsters everywhere Anybody who dares no want tae be in t (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
D4RNS Which is a killer, plus anybody a have refollowed have nae id (2021) twitter link

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