A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'during'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
duringOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95433
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 3
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38.4 15 6
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 3
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of during in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
aised Beach', a poem he wrote during his 10 year stay on Whalsa, S on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"During the first half of the perform on page 60

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
aboot the things he’d seen during the war. She kent that their
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
flown mosquitoes fae Boyndie during the war, deein sweeps across
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
alang,shout oot an jump aboot during music - fit wye does Ministe(2016)
on can ah see fae fit village during ma waak? https://t.co/ZRXWrHd(2016)
en will be “covered in mud” during the summer holidays! Thanks t(2017)
n freyday aifter the days aff during the new year has fair gart me(2020)
ved in the Gordon Highlanders during Wardle War Twaa an wis captur(2020)

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
m, fae hid been in Valparaiso during the Second World War wi the N on page 25

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
spilt some saat on the table during broth-time and she made ma ch
1 matches

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
afford tae hae the heating on during the April snow showers, cos f
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
flee ower tae yer destination during the oors o darkness. (Bruce p on page 40

2 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
s awa. Sometimes, on Sundays, during the lang stretches (fin her m on page 14
ur for't. Her man wis a piper during the waar (nae the last waar, on page 15

2 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
his wis far pupils could ging during the interval an hae a news ig on page 50

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@fittiecrooners tweeted
US Don Trump tae visit Fittie during his state visit, even asked t(2017)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
During ma brief trip tae the hospita on page 176

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
t is stated and ordainit that during the reine of hir maist blissi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Royal Artillery (his regiment during WW2). It wis during a bounce
WW2). It wis during a bounce game in Burma that h
That wis jist a bounce game, during the actual trial he wis hardl
3 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
is could happen at ma school, during playtime nae less.
During the efternoon’s classes, ah
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
44 We looked at places to buy during lockdown. I’d sell up and go(2020)
go too’s. Got intae Moretti during lockdoon, cannae get enough o(2020)
5 @cfdtizzi There was a story during the troubles in Ireland, when(2020)
ly ??. That’s how I survived during last lockdown, and why I’m o(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nguage billowin thru the wall during the game n a (2021) twitter link
ve a few drinks and chill out during these troubled times - enjoy (2020) twitter link
youth games at various venues during the amateur shutdown and fans (2021) twitter link
oday - nothins altered there during the pandemic - what a shambl (2020) twitter link

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ed just how tall the lady wis during her wee breeshle in the door,
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
our to stay out of harm's way during the holidays. I realise this on page 57

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Ah wake up during the night. Ah check the time on page 2

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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“You collapsed during a routine root canal procedur
imes—and that happens a lot during the best of times.”
2 matches

General Central

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
nt one...two...three, I blink during the day, three quick blinks l
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
nBengal ??.. It'll hae tae be during the day Rab.. Cannae dae it a (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
..but where wis @ollyofficial during last song? Happy Christmas ta(2014)
Edinburgh's farmer's markets during #edfringe2015? Hee hee! Huggg(2015)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ur fower gamblin site adverts during the brek. Disgustin. Ah'd ret(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ties tae sustain the students during this time. So, utter shite he(2020)
ade reference tae the lecture during her ain update. Wan thing I d(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
squaddie dealing wi the bins during the strike in 73ish) had been (2022) twitter link
d out Las Malivinas. I was 19 during that nonsense and wore my Arg (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
"During the winter a discontent, our (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
During ma twenty odd years as a teac(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
during his last days on page 133

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
an then tae Scotland during on page 29

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@StuartPoet tweeted
heep safety in @scotslanguage during the hale #COVID19 or maybe ev(2020)
Reading Twitter threads during a pandemic isn't maybe the he(2020)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
bow an arry too??????! It was during the big Game of Thrones casti(2021)