A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

The word 'suspect'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
suspectOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92218
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of suspect in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
Besant Ken any vets to ask? I suspect there may be some trouble ahe(2020)

Mid Northern A

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
s Gaeltacht (34yrs) husband o suspect of and of Atlas Gaeltacht (10
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
laghan Shared with English, I suspect. There is faetter, but haven' (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
@jamlang22 Goalie was suspect. Waznae a clanger special but(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
it’s happenin’ we ma order? Suspect I’ve been firgotten aboot by(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
an Here ye go min! Although I suspect it's nae the same "lassie" in(2018)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bein political ye're aye suspect; on page 78

1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
— assert; “jalouse” — suspect; and “tak tent or it’s ti
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
again!” A’ ‘very much, suspect!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
No-o-o,” sayed Bill, “l suspect what the Wanderers mean, is t
ether any of that survived. I suspect she’s just got a lot of ine
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
e catch - . at least a token suspect. Big Kenzie launches his base on page 46

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l evidence, he hiz reason tae suspect felonies or acts o subversion
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n. A combination ay baith, ah suspect. The acceptance ay the status
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah suspect ma lack ay subtlety may huv o
1 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
It seemed like miles, tho I suspect on page 39

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
. If ye didna dee o fricht ah suspect the pain micht git ye altho t

@Chazzbat tweeted
is ahint the theft. Ah didnae suspect him o murder, though. #TheStr(2020)
OK. Wrang suspect, but still a trap. #Strike(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@ChrisMusson Ah suspect mony fowk will jist dae whit (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
icht tae save energy (suhin A suspect Britain’ll end up daein afo
1 matches

Web Analytics