A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'si'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
siOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.8418
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 119.2 19 1
GLA - Glasgow 81.4 15 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 si in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
If an "s" is definitely "si"
1 matches

(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
e the clessroom Mr Henry says si doon
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ere aw the pensioners usually si After ah'd et ma sandwiches a on page 82

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
e's ti a bonnie dialect, that si many on page 82

1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
—Rents. Rents! Si yells at us from across the s
Ah decide to humour Si, ah realize he’s jokin’ w
d that a dunnae mind. —Aye, Si. Ah’m so sensitive ah feel
want some help there, Rents? Si’s tone is all jokin’, but
v never fooled ‘round wi’ Si, but not since we were bairns
19 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
elder than us n a mad cunt, n Si O'Connor, wan ae their best f on page 18
pavement n swings it at that Si's heed. The two ae them start on page 19
swift punch in the mooth aff Si O'Connor's right hand. A bare on page 20
that punched fuck out ae Big Si?' on page 26
ms. "You that Azzy Williams?' Si O'Connor asks me, knowin the on page 42
Also on pages 44, 45, 48
15 matches

General Central

@bigandymccoll tweeted
dinnae react tae the wankers si they just glide right on past (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@AidanReilly6 ool si whae hez got the problem on s(2012)
wuni b keeping up wi play ti si it chegs #needstisherpinup(2012)