Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'employ'

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Use in varieties of Scots

employ	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.8	16	14
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	2
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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)	35.7	1	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of employ in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
lly used them in the past tae employ these pronouns when addressin
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n it noo, why wid you want ta employ someane wi my record?" on page 58

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
g elves alone. I’ll have to employ all breeds of little people.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
se in instances whaar skweels employ security folk fir frisking to
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
aifter she'd insisted George employ a gairdner. Tommy McAllister on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
h o roasters - do you always employ clowns lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a comedy genius sumdy should employ yi tae write the jokes fur th on page 41

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rates an business taxes, but employ fowk. Nane o this applies tae on page 90

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
igured oot it wis cheaper tae employ weemin nor men in their jute on page 50

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Carver wis in the employ o the court o Jeames IV (rang
a nummer o muisicians in her employ , includin a group o ‘sangst
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
racy, an maist o the warlords employ us acause we’re neutral, no
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
t tae hae wark, free choice o employ , fair and guid tids o wark, a
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Long past ye did employ on page 22

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
Ulster-Scots wurds it can bae employ ’t in wheen o’ different w
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