A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'solo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
soloOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 solo in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Yer wark noo becomes a-solo. on page 11

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ent Archie Gemmel's undeimous solo goal agin Holland, the ainerl on page 124

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
though. This Marvin is flyin solo and the evil eye ah’m gittn
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
doon the frets in the guitar solo in Sweet Child o Mine. He wis on page 13

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
vals, and a wheen o groups an solo singers. It wis jist aboot th on page 56

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e wantet tae concentrate on a solo career. Yvonne said she heard on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
We’re the “Solo kayakers”, the “Caves”,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nie, when he wis pursuin’ a solo career efter the death o’ h
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
nna hing. I load ma resonator solo wi what I imagine ur exaggera on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
But if Thou giest the solo line on page 60
Canst solo player mak o him, on page 62

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
in Maastricht wi yon solo wuamman bagpiper on page 48

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
e Essex whae’s on his furst solo jolly efter sittin A-Levels e
1 matches

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