A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'scotslanguage'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
scotslanguageOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus74.924031
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 101.4 31 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 149.6 112 17
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 1029 74 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 196.8 14 4
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scotslanguage in Corpus

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Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
https://t.co/2F0rmQsV2S via @scotslanguage(2015)

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
the Scots Leid - http://www.scotslanguage.com/
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@StuartPoet @ScotSquirrels @scotslanguage @billykayscot @ScotsDictionar (2020) twitter link
@StuartPoet @ScotSquirrels @scotslanguage @billykayscot @ScotsDictionar (2020) twitter link
at. Mony thanks! #lairnscots #scotslanguage #ScotGovScots https://t.co/gS (2020) twitter link
the broom'. Adam McNaughtan #scotslanguage #lairnscots #yorlin https://t (2020) twitter link
afyfe @Spotify @SpotifyCares @scotslanguage @LairnScots @handsupfortrad @ (2021) twitter link
and 25 other occurrences.

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
@StuartPoet @scotslanguage @natlibscot @NLSlearn Look up(2020)
@scotslanguage @LairnScots Foo high?(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@scotslanguage @partisan_161 @Historic_Ally (2020)
Get yersel signed up! #scotslanguage #oorvyce https://t.co/2xeHws7(2020)

West Central

@annieones tweeted
215717 @DrMDempster @OorVyce @scotslanguage @EmmaHarperMSP Funny ye shud (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
hooseyBeggar @emmagraeauthor @scotslanguage It wis mair the advice tae ma (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

@johnstone_shane tweeted
@scotslanguage Narrowin yir peepers an gien (2020) twitter link

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Scots resources bi gait o www.scotslanguage.com . The Centre haes a fouth on page 61

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
s oan its website (http://www.scotslanguage.com/).
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
sWikipedia #Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage https://t.co/HGcXxqiswg(2020)
@makforrit @scotslanguage @onlmaps @ScotGovScots Wull t(2020)
@stewartbremner @scotslanguage A'm defo gittin this whan A g(2019)
https://t.co/FU8uzQcfIb via @scotslanguage(2017)
ist saw this the day. #Scots #ScotsLanguage https://t.co/gLlAiHCB74(2019)
and 6 other occurrences.

@FaetheRye tweeted
illykayscot @ScotsDictionars @scotslanguage @eddireader @UlsterScotsAgen (2022) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
@RobertBurnsNTS @LairnScots @scotslanguage Mirk and dreary is the nicht,(2020)

@ionafyfe tweeted
hanks tae @EmmaHarperMSP ??? #scotslanguage #scots https://t.co/OGCeBjuWv(2020)
rVyce online event! #oorvyce #scotslanguage https://t.co/Im5eiWYnra https(2020)

@jack_capener tweeted
@billykayscot @FionaHyslop @scotslanguage @Historic_Ally @scotsdictiona(2019)
@billykayscot @ScotsScriever @scotslanguage @LairnScots @StuartPoet A can(2018)

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
e @Historic_Ally @joyhendry2 @scotslanguage @Sara_A_Clark @IainWhyteSNP @(2018)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
aff topic. COME TAE MA TALK. #scotslanguage https://t.co/ayeLF5Zunc(2019)
fy the linguistic landscape! #ScotsLanguage ?? @AlisonMcFar https://t.co/(2019)
@DrMDempster @scotslanguage Braw! I love the Lorrimer!(2018)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
ews @EducationScot @ArtsTrad @scotslanguage @NicolaSturgeon @bwpublishing(2019)
ews @EducationScot @ArtsTrad @scotslanguage @NicolaSturgeon @bwpublishing(2019)
@scotslanguage @billykayscot Aye. Hospitals (2016)
#oisforhoolet #hooletontour @scotslanguage Kinross Parish Kirk Wednesday(2016)
@Cobradabest @scotslanguage I was telt ye hae tae dress s(2019)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@scotslanguage @ScotsScriever Everyday is a (2019)
rit tae this tae. ? #NipNebs #ScotsLanguage https://t.co/fVWSoPqK37(2019)
Cannae wait ?? #ScotsLanguage #NipNebs @RuthieRedArt @Curly(2019)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@DrMDempster @AyeCanScots @scotslanguage AND there wis NAE option fir (2022) twitter link
lykayscot @ScotParl @scotlit @scotslanguage @ScotsDictionars @LairnScots (2022) twitter link
1 @Historic_Ally @LairnScots @scotslanguage @ScotGovScots @ScotsDictionar (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
s @Historic_Ally @LairnScots @scotslanguage @ScotsDictionars @OorVyce @St(2020)
s @Historic_Ally @LairnScots @scotslanguage @ScotsDictionars @OorVyce @St(2020)
@ForresAcadLib @scotslanguage @LairnScots @DoricPhrases Ilk(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
@LairnScots @scotslanguage @ScotsDictionars @WeeMowdie @(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@scotslanguage @billykayscot This is whit ah(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@scotslanguage Mither, maw, ma, mam or mum? (2018)
@RobertBurnsNTS @scotslanguage @LairnScots Can onybody mind (2019)
@scotslanguage @scottishcilt Yaised this wi (2016)
ysek @SATEfeed @billykayscot @scotslanguage Braw session oan Approaches t(2017)
@kat_luc01 @d_anderson878 @scotslanguage @billykayscot In Gaelic they (2017)
and 10 other occurrences.

@LairnScots tweeted
https://t.co/HTew6IZoiW via @scotslanguage https://t.co/RxGhkhGnJM (2021) twitter link
@SusiBriggs1 @scotslanguage @alandmcclure @MoatBrae @Incl (2021) twitter link
@CornishNews @scotslanguage @RobertBurnsNTS Acause it bit (2021) twitter link
bbcthesocial @smithycroft282 @scotslanguage Braw! Thanks :-) (2021) twitter link
bbcthesocial @smithycroft282 @scotslanguage Hiya @_Erinboyle_! We'd be aw (2021) twitter link
and 52 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@KiddieJon @scotslanguage @TheScotsman @VagabondVoices (2021) twitter link
igtownBookFest @Ulster_Scots @scotslanguage Born and brocht up Ayrshire, (2020)
@scotssong @scotslanguage @billykayscot @Birseland @Sco(2020)
dAileen @USCN1 @DG_Unlimited @scotslanguage @LairnScots @EacEducation @Ea(2020)
@BBCScotland @Historic_Ally @scotslanguage Indeed, as is the @sqanews Sc(2020)
and 68 other occurrences.

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
@scotslanguage My old boss used to say ‘man(2020)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
llions fae across the sheuch @scotslanguage hae a quare way o spakin - u (2014) twitter link
@scotslanguage - Clap your bunnet on your h (2014) twitter link
crievins o thon hallions fae @scotslanguage for history o Scots. Aa the b (2014) twitter link
hoy16 It's fae the good folk @scotslanguage : Scots fae Scotland no Ulste (2014) twitter link
Fair faa ye @scotslanguage new scrievins in the aul leid (2014) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@HurchinHome tweeted
gh? Check out seasonal words @scotslanguage https://t.co/XgbzOt7eT9(2016)

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
@SeawrightDaniel @StuartPoet @scotslanguage @billykayscot @Birseland @Sco(2020)
@carol_baraniuk @StuartPoet @scotslanguage @billykayscot @Historic_Ally (2020)

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@HurchinHome @scotslanguage Always a hurchin day up here (2021) twitter link
@StuartPoet @scotslanguage @TippermuirBooks @Ulster_Scot (2021) twitter link
@StuartPoet @scotslanguage @TippermuirBooks @Ulster_Scot (2021) twitter link
@StuartPoet @scotslanguage @TippermuirBooks @Ulster_Scot (2021) twitter link