A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'quarters'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
quartersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of quarters in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
on same fowk wis wastit three-quarters o the day.
Three-quarters o an oor mair an the boatie w
y trystit yonner at the fower quarters, kent in the auld warld as Be
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e. She wis hauf-blin an three quarters deef, an yon wis the wye
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Mak shair they're ainly thrie quarters fou. Efter that, ye gang til on page 26

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ively it was received in some quarters and how quickly something sae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lodged it in thair captain's quarters gairdit wi three huzzas. Bi t
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
IL O VIOLETS and papped three quarters o it doon the stank. Then she on page 53
e. Bruce Dubskelper wis three-quarters way through and still gaun st on page 124

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y Marie finally arrived three quarters ae an oor later than they wur on page 36

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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
bie as a sign o guilt in some quarters, (tho probably mair due to AS
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
n a stair an entert the guest quarters. This, it seemed, wis base ca
aff Malik’s sleepin quarters, bit he wadna tak the leebert
e stores. The haa o the guest quarters echoed wi the raised vyces o
doon the stairs in the guest quarters there wis an air o excitement
4 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Looks as if it's in the staff quarters,' says Mo. "Che caravan right on page 19

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General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
It wis at least three quarters o an hour afore Mr. MacNeil y on page 43

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
die picked up the heavy three-quarters fou pot and cairried it oot o on page 26

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
opies obtained from different quarters, and that, in many respects, on page 69

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