A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'making'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
makingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.15835
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
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
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 5
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 65.1 12 5
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 17.4 13 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of making in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
of cosmic miracle we stopped making all plastic the morn we'd sti (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
or another four weeks, before making the tiring return journey of on page 77

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Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
her husband sitting at nights making "büdies" fae dokkens. It was

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
en, inventor of the magic toy making machine. Feel free to take a
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e week ahead: A good week for making plans with family. Travel and on page 36

1 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
"It's no use sir, you're not making sense", "ts aa richt min, ye'
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
big moments - poor decision making reflects the gap in quality. (2022) twitter link
one of oor assets, we’re nae making significant signings. That an (2022) twitter link
geouch on the pitch. I’m nae making excuses for Mcinnes but Consi (2020) twitter link
ng Cooncil? This was of their making (2020) twitter link
area that Aiberdeen has been making strides in. Barely an hour be (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
@DiscussDandies Purely meanen making it we us. Wid luv tae see the(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
ere smaller fin Moses started making baskets sort oot Moses(2020)
@aduncan59 @DeesideDon Making sure abidy will get pizza nex(2020)

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
e be o Hamish’s legacy than making sure that the Scots “carryi
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lly I can hardly blame ye for making the maist o your youthfu days
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
o' noise. Ilk creak 'n' crack making me cringe. As ah let th' fres
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
he 24 nations around you. But making it an official language doesn
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
just Cannae say it, and it’s making him look a fool ?????(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tory m8 but a have no problem making up wae onybuddy - n shakin o (2021) twitter link
to see the west lothian teams making the move - its long overdue (2021) twitter link
here application to go eos - making the right move guys defo (2021) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
d soud gang wi itsel. The Hay Making is biggit aroun the crack i t on page 141

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Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
er the racket those weans wir making up the stair of course.The st
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
yin. Course this wiz Nichols making a gid pun at the expense of b
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ung man, “the thing that is making this work, Pandit-ji, the thi
Pandit-ji, the thing that is making us so bold to come to you, an
ing last night, and you were making lists of all the things you h
ns you’re waving around are making me light-headed.”
4 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tting chucked out of the gig, making a fool of yourself, fighting on page 16

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
adrenaline gees yi that sick-making, dancin feelin in yir stomach on page 19
"OK, Mrs Addison. We're making progress here. So, you hit th on page 54
own my neck - not to mention making the local paper' on page 55

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Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
yer scaring them stiff and no making them leg it faster fae fright on page 37
d tae think aboot winning and making ma da and old Wendy proud. Da on page 39
ook Clyde and the pups there, making sure they stayed away fae the on page 40

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
g swoops on her pad. Daisy is making jokes to mask the pain. Ah co on page 1

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
m gonnae kick his heid in fur making me sick an basically killin m on page 4
gliding through the meat and making wafer thin slices, This is th on page 173

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that her Paul hud been there, making sure tae fill her in oan the
1 matches

Ayrshire

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ht n immediately they sterted making shelter until they came acros
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Yes, I want you to all be making reference to the five senses on page 22

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Scotland: The Making and Unmaking of the Nation, V on page 130

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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ower – aw the beer, and the making fun o me. He thinks I’ve go
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e its not just covid they are making worse. What is pissing me off(2020)
969 ya sneaky bastard ?? stop making new profiles, i will not bloc(2020)
mul78 @LeensterFbsi Dinnae go making me panic tae... The next line(2020)
s over this agreement without making it worse.(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
@JohnBishop100 Thank you fir making ma first ever Comedy gig view(2014)
@ComeCoachWithMe #CCWM Be making ma next appointments soon, as(2015)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
is noo oranger than 'Bru. And making wanker gestures. https://t.co(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
n as yer telt, when yer telt, making no decisions, but accepting a (2022) twitter link
t214 No long tae everybody is making their ain on Baking Day, whic (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
his pandemic? Dis he ken he's making fowk stressed and anxious and(2021)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
es he still waddle aboot jist making stipid noises..your sunday ni(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
the thought o’ being caught making me nauseous. How wis a gonnae
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General Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
y! And there I was, carefully making a list of everyone who’d bee (2021) twitter link