A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'anyone'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
anyoneOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.96737
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33.2 13 4
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 5
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 26.7 20 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of anyone in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
not just me, there was nivver anyone else important in our lives, on page 25

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
peless aboot human behaviour. Anyone for a Redd Up/litter pick? #d(2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
Has anyone else noticed the pied wagtail(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
ms Of course it is! Dinna let anyone bully you over voting. Your c (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the 'Doric' is something that anyone could learn. There can't be t on page 7

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
to sneak out without letting anyone know. There’s a small tunne
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
gaun tae go forget - er dist anyone ken i' a latchie opening gara(2017)
Does anyone know if the story concerning (2018)
Can anyone help wi the origins of the sc(2018)
Can anyone help David pls: “I used to d(2018)
ebrate buik wikk Scotland was anyone like me tae offer a free kind(2018)
and 1 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
caa canny, clarty, hud gaan. Anyone researched? Willing (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
be recoontin his sightin tae anyone wha’d listen, but these fow
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
en distributing free meals to anyone who needs. Nae evangelism, ju (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
He has a bigger bar tab than anyone I know. Gan tae dee some dama(2016)
a dinna spare any thought fer anyone else bit themselves #greed #b(2020)

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
see. History wis on ma side. Anyone who thocht itherwise seemed a
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
Aye, cheers fur that ladies. Anyone could see that they wurr oot
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ut them up again. Cannae have anyone stealing my thunder!!!!! ??(2020)
esman hat on, and I can visit anyone. Not a popular opinion, but a(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a laugh btw - the last place anyone should be looking for a job - (2020) twitter link
not give a reply like that to anyone - i take it they dont learn (2021) twitter link
intae games by now - but if anyone kin get in guid luck tae them (2020) twitter link
@KeyserSosse @me_snp how anyone can vote snp with an idiot li (2021) twitter link
admarj3003 @me_snp exactly - anyone who votes for this man needs (2021) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ur input Mister McCoy now has anyone got anything sensible to say. on page 83
id Frieda. Tommy sniggert. Is anyone there. Nothin happent still. on page 107
gham. NICOLA BUCKINGHAM. Does anyone on page 169

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n Tim Henman, Summer's here! 'Anyone fir tennis!?' on page 43

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
or ate, and flinched whenever anyone mentioned the incident, or sp
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
Ah didnae tell anyone, no that many fowk would even
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
That wis the last anyone heard fae Carol and the last
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
vised me. “But don’t tell anyone an’ it’ll be cleaned up a
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
I haven't stole anything from anyone.' on page 28

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
act like you don't care what anyone else thinks but... its okay t on page 1

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
really am sorry. If there’s anyone you feel you need to talk to.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ht back fae anywhere we - or anyone deemed close enough tae us ta
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ages, aboot anything and tae anyone. We used tae talk for oors on
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
hersel: Did anyone see you? Whit wid it be like on page 18

3 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
w, or the Kirkgate, Leith, is anyone's guess. on page 36
w, or the Kirkgate, Leith, is anyone's guess. on page 39

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
e around and have a word with anyone whose name I don't know. Feel on page 8

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
bour,' the captain says. 'Can anyone with medical knowledge make t on page xv
she'd no right tae tell me or anyone else. Granny told Aunty Sandr on page 29
' Bert, because she never hit anyone wi the belt just once. But sh on page 38
e house. It's a rare day when anyone uses the front door. Everyone on page 45

6 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an could anyone tell a fella
1 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
wife’ (she’ll be lucky if anyone remembers her name in a few y
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
no the time" isn't something anyone could really say aboot an ind(2020)
If anyone can comment on @bmc875 tell h(2020)

@MartinBroon tweeted
??A’m shocked!ANYONE who carries the Name @clydefc(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
f travel sometimes. I welcome ANYONE who's for indy - that's the (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
@ditotts He'll back anyone who's gonnae give him a shill (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
r new lairnin materials afore anyone else! See ye themorra! https: (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
rdmrw Frankly, ahm annoyed by anyone mentioned that word, a can sa(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
Larne thing as I never heard anyone use it in Belfast. That was b(2020)