A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'maps'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mapsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.53729
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.5 5 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 2
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of maps in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Maps, a globe, burd posters on the on page 42

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
t the sign; cats couldna read maps or signs. Mr Dursley gaed him
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
kshelf; here an dere shö saa maps an picters hingin apo nibbies on page 9

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wi maps an böts baith scordet on page 64

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
-shelves: here an air she saw maps an pictures hingan on pegs. S on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
y clearly when you set Google maps from a Danes eye view! https: (2020) twitter link
. #lairnscots #scotslanguage #maps https://t.co/iA2q9td369 (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
hin booked, bit we set aff wi maps, Youth Hostel memberships and on page 28

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
their mairchin camps, makkin maps an leukin oot for resources.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
en joackey's hoose oan google maps. Then, she sprung fae her sea on page 32

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ree pages o the full form for maps that gies aw the post-codes w
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
eid at me. D'yi ever use mind maps tae help yi remember stuff. N on page 169

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
k up the Rio Grande on Google Maps. Hell! Mebbe they'll even win
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
uised tae be colourit reid on maps o the British Empire. Fer tha on page 11

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Aw’ doon the side o’ maps,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d on that totty bit o graith: maps, a medical encyclopedia, a Ch
s juist the stert. Athoot the maps there wis haurdly ony pynt in
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
helves: noo an again thir wis maps an pictures hung up oan pegs. on page 9

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
helves: here an there she saw maps an pictures hingin on pegs. S on page 9

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
fae aw german maps on page 47

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘We yaised tae hae maps an road-signs,’ said Snorl,
1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
or yer relationship on Google maps and tell yer story thon wey.
1 matches

@LowEndJardo tweeted
@sunshinekid10 Canny see past maps, wit a cracker ae a tune (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
roond an aboot she saw maps an pietures hung oan pegs. Sh on page 9

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the time we scrievit maps wi tongues, on page 11

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
A nevermas. Like they weather maps if ye lay the United Kingdom on page 9
e're that uised tae lookin at maps on page 12

2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
bit hard tae navigate. Google Maps widnae gie me directions seei
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
helves: here an thur shae saw maps an picturs hung frae pegs. Sh on page 9

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
MacCassey taks tent o maps; catchments an on page 53

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
The laft was immense wi large maps mairked oot wi pins, buiks cr on page 57

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Raven maps o 16 and 25 on page 21

2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
is quare an haird tae fin on maps: a kin o Ulster Scots Tir na (2014) twitter link
llick (it's haird tae find on maps) ;) I'd be doon aboot Newtown (2015) twitter link