A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'comparin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
comparinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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 comparin in Corpus

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
foo o new life; hit wis like comparin' new-born lambs tae three yea
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
Bein reminded just noo o comparin wirds wi pals fae Scandinavia

General Northern

Robertson, Sine Lallans 58 - .. an the SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
lars studyin Scots and either comparin it wi ither tongues cried min on page 111

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ized bee. Now if you cel like comparin me to William Wallace an humm on page 123

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ah, noo ye're comparin things that are different on page 108

2 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
it's a bad hing. Whit is she comparin me tae? A turtle? Whaur wid a on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ngue fae a wider pynt o view, comparin it wi French. Tam an Anne Rei on page 87

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s weil-sindert in its ettle o comparin Heilan wi Lawland, toun wi la on page 131

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
An interestin point wis made comparin Gaelic wi Community leids. Al
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
e morn that isna anither day. Comparin notes wi fowk, I hear I’m n
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
literary talents – includin comparin her tae nae less than Sappho.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
rtMiggins Mine isnae tae bad, comparin’ tae yer forecast. https://t(2020)