A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'large'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
largeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85724
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38.4 15 5
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 69 11 6
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 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) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of large in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
on @orknithology These are so large and clear! I don't know what (2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ss: 'There's expected to be a large demand and places will be lim on page 6

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
oline efter midnicht, efter a large nip and attempt a triple Salc(2020)
archin for years noo. I hid a large print made and winted to give(2020)

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
tiles, an at its centre was a large island wi a hale heap o the f on page 76

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Later, the community at large, an in particular the Sharnie
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ither helpit the community at large nor seemed onywhere close tae
the muddy path were numerous large pawprints. These prints were
2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uttin that seems tae send his large almond shaped eyes intae a st on page 50
ged tae fill up three ae they large black rubbish bags. The coffe on page 143
m. Their eyes fixated oan the large widden doors opposite thum. T on page 159
idor until we reach a pair ae large domineerin doors wae a sign o on page 160
is is it" motionin taewards a large and empty boax ae a room. He on page 161
Also on pages 182, 91, 195
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
i owerwhelmin competence, the large wumman helped her to her bed,
arjoribanks ettled to scrieve large
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ive”, “Deranged Killer At Large”, that wis some o the headl
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ait ensued. Faither spotted a large docken which he yanked oot.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
coronavirus, it still loomed large ower her passing. The morning
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s tae be heard in this rather large storage unit.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e meadows tae cater for these large gatherings - its the right t (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tae sned evri crime, large an sma alike - on page 121

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
osts on tae the population at large. They hae pals on the boards on page 54
er the Vigil wis, it wisnae a large-scale political movement. Fer on page 108

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
bar an cam back wi a couple o large drams o rum. on page 44
y dicht? Jist at that anither large whisky wis pit in front o him on page 68

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Name a five letter word for a large spoon?' As soon as the presen on page 35

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
large aroond a rusted coatless clee on page 16

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
orld wi tact. He’d use big, large, grand, massive, huge n aw th
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
on the minds of the people at large, a work must be entertaining,
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it is possible to assemble a large number of Latin-derived words
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
es were served A spied a very large chilli bedeckin’ the steaks
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ve been sittin glued tae the large cloack oan the wah. Gittin ta
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
chizophrenic. The eye catchin large screen telly dominates and co
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oots, aw present. An the very large surroondin areas allow masel
faimilies dotted acroass the large open and green space. Natural
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
his middle aged wuman hudin a large boax in her airms.
1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
at the braefoot. Mither grown large in perspective near oan me.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
as it is, passin through the large pane ay glass. Ah get ma bacc
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ce up intae segments, however large or small. Back then, it seems
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
, catchin up, faackin avin it large and that –’
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ath the table an poured Tam a large yin. on page 50

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
. It's medicine tae us - yin large gless three time daily wi mea on page 64

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ound hur neck. She's holdin a large, white piece o paper that loo on page 25
off above the machine, and a large pile o two pences and a Black on page 31
There's a large see-through slidin windae at on page 42
far fae me and Cathy under a large black brolly. on page 115

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ts while manually processin a large body o text. An obvious examp on page 17

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
in the: lynes from Freedom at Large, Sectioun 1, when the tung-ta on page 133

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
agwort. It tells us the term (large) white gowan is yaised tae in
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e thir plays? Ae thing is the large nummer o Scots wirds that are
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Waterloo Road frae the three large hooses occupied bae the minis on page 24
A large envelope was fillt wi muisic on page 31
The laft was immense wi large maps mairked oot wi pins, bui on page 57

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