A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'id'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
idOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus211.667819
ORK - Orkney 655.8 66 5
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 20782.1 591 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 2
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 id in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
A RIGHT DAY O ID on page 13
u didno mak a very good job o id, an got her hint end stuck ap on page 14
'"We'el thoo kens whut id's like tae knock oot a big ba on page 15
, an a strong (weel wae thout id anywey) length o wire rope. J on page 16
d aap as bonny an queek as if id hid aal been deun in the mais on page 17
Also on pages 19, 20, 21, 38, 39, 40, 41, 69, 70, 77, 79, 80, 82, 86, 87, 96
55 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
through the fence afore I got id stopped! The lambs sa their c on page 128

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae gae her extra grip whaen id comes tae the Hatimo Swerve. on page 86
orneen and shae's tied up til id's sorted. The Sigurd's meant on page 87
I caught a glimpse o id whaen on page 88
The whistle blew or id could a been reed on page 90
Hid id only been ten meenits since w on page 91
Also on pages 97
7 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
ust/høst". I kinda dismissed id bekiss "herst" an "harvest"

@peediepuss tweeted
e yin culture here. I can see id fae the hills abune wur hoose (2021) twitter link
owth tho. Nort wind dries all id weets(2020)

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ird which Mr Heubeck came and ID'd. Dey were a lot rarer here (2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
s forth Her order "till begin id": on page 5
"E rest next time - " "Id is next time!" E happy voices on page 6
ok her sister wis readan, but id hedna pictures or foulk speck on page 7
t, or a watch till take oot o id, an burnan wi curiosity, she on page 8
what she wis coman till, but id wis too dark till see anythin on page 9
Also on pages 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119
591 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
lamentarium'. Mind an tak yer ID thou, naebody is alloued tae on page 13

2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
in ye'd speirt for my wycins, Id hae said 'Quit at seiven'-but on page 80

1 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
m nae so sure smoocher. Think id rather be deaf than listen to(2013)
Andrew7 haha aye ats a shout. Id prob do that ina. Dina think (2013)
knows. I dina want fellaini. Id easy hae baines tho.(2013)
Id love tae pump andy murrays da(2013)

(South) East Central

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
in here, Av got terrible fake ID, am stawndin’ here nixt tae
tae wan eh his pals: "Got any ID oan ye?". His pal wiz stawndi
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Smeato', you'll get three rap-id! D'ye think we're aa hauf-wit on page 210

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Could wan o us mibbes mak an ID? on page 51

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
power.co.uk/viewPlatform. php?id=610). The real problem is tha on page 73

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
I wid lead ye, Id bring ye on page 16

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
nt generation, she wad gotten id in the Amnesty, bit as a firs
been duin tae apply for a new id for Beatrice - she had had h
e. “After you’ve kept the ID appointment, Beatrice - ” h
3 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
worry aboot it. Is thair onie ID in yer wee bag thair?’
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Id eaa it purrin, no growlin," s on page 44

1 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ego an lowse yowersel tae the id
1 matches

General Central

@bigandymccoll tweeted
forces us tae the left. Self-ID ??. And that's better than do (2022) twitter link