A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

The word 'certificate'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
certificateOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 certificate 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
stairtit signin the mairrage certificate in pincil." She gied an illtr on page 77

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
irryin gaed doon on the daith certificate, tho aabody kent, onywye, fur
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r hersel alang wi a buik an a certificate written in Scots. Rachel's wi
ill baith be gien a buik an a certificate written in Scots.
es frae ilka cless will get a certificate in Scots.
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
quaich for her tae keep an a certificate in Scots. Mr Blackie praisent
cots. Mr Blackie praisentit a certificate tae the three best entries fr
2 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
til noo. Gracie needs a birth certificate and Ah've no got wan fur her, on page 102

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
oabby. ‘It’s oan ma birth certificate – it’s just cause
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ts o Tam o' Shanter tae win a certificate fae the Burns Federation, an on page 18

1 matches

General Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - In mindin o Uday Abu Mohsen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
ittin arrived afore his birth certificate. on page 101

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an nurse’. She didnae hae a certificate or ony offícial trainin, an
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ich goes toward ma accredited Certificate in Coaching! WHOOP WHOOP WHOO(2015)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
olach95 Dae ye find his birth certificate? a wonder?(2020)