A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'harm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
harmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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) 88.3 1 1
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 harm in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
n talk: at any rate, air's no harm in tryan." So she started: "O on page 20

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Said she - ma favourites Nae harm in haein een Bit the hinmaist on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Tales Fae The Doric Side - Kelpie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
that didna mean him harm on page 12

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
that will claim ‘did me nae harm, folks need tae lighten up... (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
tions and it's no done me ony harm. #keepontrucking(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aw, dinnae worry, nae harm will come tae yae by ma hand. on page 15

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
mornin, weren't we, Bob? Nae harm in that." on page 27
in it onywye? Wouldna dae ony harm tae tak a look, seein as he w on page 40

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
happenin wi me an Clicky. Nae harm tae the lassie, but ah'm on page 169

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
folk can nou shoap free frae harm Thenks tae Cathy! on page 34

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Oh, Bill, after all, what harm is there?”
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’I don’t see any harm in that’’ he responds con
1 matches

Glasgow

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

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gh planted noo. There’s nae harm in...
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ac, but it’s no done me any harm so far.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
t posh Granny didnae mean any harm. If ah did mair than put oan on page 17
tment, but mibbie there's nae harm in it. on page 46

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. 'The livin will dae ye mair harm than the died ever will.' on page 50

1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
ave been lying about the self harm mate. According to the origin(2018)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Apperentily it'll dae nae harm on page 10

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
An little harm ait dia. on page 38

1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
o the Sunbeds would do her no harm. https://t.co/vJryLbD2SR(2018)