A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sortin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sortinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52417
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 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 7
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 sortin in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ön ironin an Dad wis aye oot sortin da car. Neist mornin da cage
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah think you an me's a bit o sortin oot te dee - an Ah'm nae jis on page 80

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Wi'r sortin aa wir rubbish Inte receptacl on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e, its maister ficherin wi't, sortin the tichtness o the binder to
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae a squad o Jerries at work sortin some trench works. The fechti
Douglas wiz sortin throwe timmer sticks ae day f
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ssie’s tear stained een and sortin her hair, she then tellt Jess
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
t guid loon! AhÂ’d hiv thocht sortin the auld aen. https://t.co/jM(2019)

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Sortin oot fa wis sleepin far
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
intil her place an yokit tae sortin out her nyow-funn gowdies. on page 74

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@beast_afc tweeted
@andyfaeaberdeen ony chance o sortin oot a shindig for this viewin(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
hink EBLUL will hae tae start sortin oot the kinches. There a diff
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
en takkin baby steps taewards sortin oot the dreidfu state o lando on page 83

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
him. It wis jist the day for Sortin Somethin, or for Scrievin a N on page 68

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
, cause he wis ower thrang wi sortin oot the Baudelaire affairs, a on page 13
d this is Mr. Poe, wha's been sortin things oot for us syne oor pa on page 20
- the back a lick o pent or sortin up the windaes, and insteid o on page 30
e twa white-faced wimmen were sortin flooers in a vase that frae a on page 134
and stagehaunds rinnin aboot sortin awthin oot at the last meenit on page 139

5 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Tam Kellas gets sight o him, sortin out his counter for the spylt on page 72

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
puter generatit concordances, sortin oot texts tae mak dictionairs on page 14

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
hail industry nou leeves aff sortin sicna search-ingin rankins â€
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
enny’s faither, he haed the sortin o the
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tadpoles an the like. E’en sortin oor ills like takkin a spail
1 matches

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