A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sizes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sizesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.84125
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 24 18 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sizes in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
bein sae mony different sizes in ee day is laek ta merr a b on page 45

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
it o ting in a track suit twa sizes ower big. 'Shö's wantin ta b
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
r aawye eenoo in aa shapes an sizes. Some hae joost a peerie spro
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ckin item codes an colours an sizes wi Mam, fir a split second it (2020) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
'; an be-an so many different sizes in a day is awful confusan." on page 41

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ew different pairs of varying sizes and measured Jessie's feet wi
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
There wis fowk o a shapes and sizes fae bairns tae auld fowk. The
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
onStan 35ml a nicht! Only nip sizes the Fittie Bar dis(2017)
ways a good pint and 25ml nip sizes galore. Clean oot yer gunnels(2018)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n a royal goun that wis three sizes ower big for him. "Looks like on page 14

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Oan classroom sizes; student debt, on page 212

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Trendy Tribe. Ah thought thir sizes wur dead weird, an the folk t on page 53
es in oor school. The wee-est sizes in the shops are even too big on page 136

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
“The first, comes in aw’ sizes,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
; an bein that mony different sizes in wan day is awfy vexin." on page 44

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™ oan different wummin an the sizes ae thir chists as he flicks t
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
sae mony different sizes in yae day haes got me peerie on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
wearin' wellies thit are twa sizes too big. Sumtimes they're liv on page

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
aw up tae eediotically muckle sizes afore ye pop them wi a peen a on page 13
ye could blaw up tae eediotic sizes afore ye popped them and wolf on page 19
pistols o different sizes hingin fae belts aroond his b on page 40
on it. WHIPS - AW SHAPES AND SIZES. on page 98
PLANTIN OOT IN YER GAIRDEN AW SIZES. on page 137

5 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
hovernuts o various shapes an sizes. on page 20

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ie, and wee even for her age, sizes mebbe wi a tackety boot. But on page 4
here and there. It wis aboot sizes wi an adult, except that its on page 5

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
it yon ratton's stanes, thare sizes o twae gless bools, an it fur on page 82

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
id Plouk an 79 moons o sindry sizes claucht in its wechty gravity
like a starn'- rocks o sindry sizes an shapes. The fower biggest
its sma, pairtly rocky sphere sizes wi oor Yird. Tho it isna weel
ane sent up an undemous flist sizes wi oor hail warld. Haed this
an icy cheils o aw kin kind o sizes an shapes, Plutock bein ane o
5 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Cless sizes, leid assistants, immersion,
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
oot yaisin gey muckle sample sizes fur tae analyse the histories
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
i; an bein sae mony different sizes in a day is awfy confusin." on page 43

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
an baein sae monie different sizes in yin dae haes turnt mae hei on page 43

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
owresicht o' grants o' differ sizes. on page 7
capacity bae managin' differ sizes o grants, fer on page 40

2 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That wus twunty three sizes tae big. on page 44
d drapped doon three claithin sizes, on page 58

2 matches

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