Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'layer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

layer	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.5	15	12
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)	605.7	1	1
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	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of layer 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

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
uissan is nou a metaphoriecal layer : ye can write aboot haem itho
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an dis wis covered wi a thin layer a aert at wan time, bit it wi on page 55

1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
front door. There’s a thin layer o sand on ma doorstep and a f
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ccessible tae aabdy, an add a layer tae the laun. Ye’ll ken tha
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
decoration on hooses whaur a layer o cement is applied tae the o
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
wi ye, and why thirr's a dull layer ay anger underpinnin yer life on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
There was a layer of plaster dust all ower, but
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eemingly indefinitely as each layer is renewed cyclically by the
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
he ootside, as if he had on a layer o invisible armour. "I've bee on page 96

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ron hert an the crust the'r a layer cryed the mantle that's drive
doun intil atoms that maks a layer o metallic bree that fleets a
p. Forder doun the'r a middle layer made fae a helium an hydrogen
3 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
d, laid his louf on tha thick layer o awns. Twuz haet tae tha tou
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
She was a great wee layer the wee broon hen, and wanted
1 matches