A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'intention'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
intentionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 5
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 intention in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
at law regardin mad dogs. His intention wiz tae get the pistol fae th
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
But the skipper had nae intention o takkin the boat back in - on page 44

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
e capital this ’ear, wi the intention o shinin some licht on fit li
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nce, Beggerey hinted that his intention wis tae sell the thing tae th
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
unk oot the door. Whether his intention wis tae appease Erchie or cau
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
t days. Stuck it oot with the intention o going offshore after time w(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The Fox said "That isnae ma intention on page 26

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fur the gid times. He hud nae intention, whatsoever, in stickin aroon on page 101

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
rummelin' aboot in ma gub. Ri intention wis, a wid keep a haud e' rum
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the land beggin. The general intention wis that gin ye gied the gabe on page 16
udge the English king had nae intention o daein oniethin ither nor an on page 22
arly spies wha had come wi an intention tae murder the men, ravish th on page 27
wantin hame himself, had nae intention o lettin a lock-in happen. He on page 64
roun Auchterhouse hid anither intention awthegither. They pit a chall on page 86
Also on pages 92, 94
7 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
at's yon Rubicon, the river o intention on page 91
Seems tae be the Scots intention. on page 93

2 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
isnae the Government's statit intention that schuil education maun in on page 38
the face o the Bill, whit the intention o this proveesion is, whit on page 40

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
onit "...it is not the policy intention of the Scottish Office to pro on page 121

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
were feirt tae declare their intention o voting Na an certainly the
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
-Daily-Record-Scottish-Voting-Intention-ONE.pdf)
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
Hoo-ivver, McWard hud nae intention o dain this himsel. He’d bi
persuade them tae join in his intention tae field preach, tried tae c

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