Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ellen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

ellen	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	10.6	34	6
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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	97.5	22	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.8	5	1
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.7	5	2
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 ellen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Affa prood o ma dochter Ellen fer playin Scotland the Brave (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ly my story - it's ma cousin Ellen's, bit she will niver let on on page 57
rux o the story is that aince Ellen an I turned 13 the world seem on page 58
e this person,' I confided in Ellen. I wisna by nature a coorse q on page 59
"Come on Ellen, get that doon yer neck," the on page 60

22 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Lament for Ellen
Oor gentle Ellen 's left us aw
Ma Ellen sweet, ma dearest dear,
Ma Ellen , ye were leal an true.
Ellen , noo that ye're awa.
5 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
eft oor schol in second year. Ellen Saint-Vincent. She's Lyndon's on page 169

1 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ggston, last year juist afore Ellen dee'd. Hou cuid ye expect tae on page 17

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
net Paisley, Gerda Stevenson, Ellen Pennie, Anna Stewart, William
1 matches