A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'enclosure'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
enclosureOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.797
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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 enclosure in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
k o the Ha enters the winnurs enclosure and goes up tae the coonter t on page 87

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Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
meaning Andrew's croft/fields/enclosure and old photos show dis(befor
ae "Krátun" meaning a "sheep enclosure, nook, corner" and again, not

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o Dundee in an auld fortified enclosure there. Amang the thick woods on page 14

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Glasgow

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
hed the bars. The back ae the enclosure wisnae visible fae the ootsid
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
r, and Tun is the Anglian for enclosure or fairmtoon - sae we oreigi on page 23

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General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ment, an braider ideas sic as enclosure or improvement. Ilka intry on page 129

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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
idlaun and an upper and lower enclosure inby. Excavations and radioca
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
upper), muc (pig) and garadh (enclosure).
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