A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pict'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pictOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7158
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of pict in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
elt wi a chiel on his back. A Pict, fowk said he wis. Foo it cam
1 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
' ve can see some richt bonny pict'res as weel. The bairns'll la on page 6
warked there, an' look at the pict'res in them. They showed ye a on page 10
wi wool while He wis oot? Ony pict'res ye see o' Him, He's jist on page 12

4 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
rianR199 @19Mcculley She’s a pict tae ???(2020)

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
s. Bit Sigurd didna trust the Pict sae he tuik eichtie men, twa on page 14

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
‘Pict’ comes fae the Roman nemme
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
In pictér-hoose, boys! bak-raa sate! on page 2
Brave pictér-maps ye hae iz drew, on page 21

2 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
haes an ootlat throch leevin pictèrs an fillums. Tha USSF mint on page 38
5.8 Figger 3 gies a pictèr o tha trokin atween tha Ro on page 57

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
t iverie 10 yeir an gies us a pictèr o aa tha fowk an hoosehaud
t iverie 10 yeir an gies us a pictèr o aa tha fowk an hoosehaud
2 matches

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