A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example sonsie

The word 'incredible'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
incredibleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92220
ORK - Orkney
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 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
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)
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 incredible 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.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
millions arrived in Shetland. Incredible tae see.(2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
So excited to be part of this incredible line-up! Check it oot pals :)(2020)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
zo restaurants UK wide for an incredible £20/£35/£45. See http://t.(2015)

Aberdeen

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e bed, Chilean wine, seafood, incredible barbecue meats, and 'pisco', on page 25

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a cable car tae get some mair incredible views o the port district. Ye on page 10

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ue book, an sayin, “this is incredible,” “affa post modern,” a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ion Scots speakers wha, wi ma incredible empathy, ah can suddenly iden
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
l dout aboot his ain gifts - incredible tae think the man wha wrote T
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
al national braidcaster giein incredible coverage tae Nigel Farage, ev on page 49

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e story o his survival an the incredible journey he had made wis prent on page 43

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
gowpin wi a kin o awe at the incredible braws: at the beds wi their f
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Aw here we go! The incredible tales ae Big fuckin Tam' on page 30

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Amazin! It's flamin incredible.'
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
an gied his haund a squeeze. 'Incredible,' she thocht til hersel, 'I w on page 32

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the eternal unremarkable but incredible drouth, are waukened oot the on page 72

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
an e-mail. “Last night was incredible”, he wrate. “The air was
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tutional corruption durin the incredible ‘negotiations’.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ar like nae ither. There were incredible highs an muckle laws i Scotla
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Its quite INCREDIBLE that you believe that!! TRUEL (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
Comer's talent fer accents is incredible. She's utterly brilliant in #(2020)

@Sinethugcat tweeted
Incredible. So sad. Yesterday we couldna (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
wn exactly the same as today, incredible eh?(2020)