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 sonsie

The word 'unfortunately'

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

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
unfortunatelyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42820
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 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 unfortunately 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
k gaed great fir Morrice bit, unfortunately, things war nae se gweed fir on page 43

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e haud himsel thegither, "an, unfortunately, sae are you!" on page 40

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
@AyoCaesar I think you are unfortunately becoming a litmus test for U. (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
portit her tae the S.S.P.C.A. Unfortunately for Jake, Sadie let the inspe
tae use it as a live target, unfortunately for him he wis seen by a pers
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Unfortunately it was Petrie and Frank’s t
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
shout out to them as well - unfortunately will miss out in tun (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
gone, Is that sumdy you know. Unfortunately, said ma ma, That's yir fathe on page 66
friend fur nearly three year (unfortunately), an thir's nae way he'd beco on page 169

2 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
a different group and repeat. Unfortunately this is where it aw went agle
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tae “Chariots o’ Fire!” Unfortunately he did mich better at the run
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an exchyngin o sklent leuks. Unfortunately, Iskander had come back wi
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
it ae late night shenanigans. Unfortunately, no the kind ah wis hopin fur on page 31

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Unfortunately, Mr Brown is absolutely corre on page 57

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ed by narcotics right enough, unfortunately I don't faw in'ae that catego on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
in wan,' said Mr Wonka, 'but unfortunately the mixter-maxter isnae jist on page 103

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ork wi a bible in his pocket. Unfortunately he met a mountit platoon. The

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
we dinnae like it of course, unfortunately it's how our government works(2020)
nly know what they are taught unfortunately.(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
te... ?? He went young tae... Unfortunately... :( (2023) twitter link

@jack_capener tweeted
Prof_Murdoch Hivnae a scoobie unfortunately!(2019)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@HibernianFC @AFCFyldeAcademy Unfortunately you were usually playin AGAIN (2022) twitter link
ted Tory since 1955 Anas, but unfortunately the folk o middle England kee (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
e jist need the richt doctor. Unfortunately, fer mony o us, it's a post c(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
'm still barking like a seal. Unfortunately I cannae take steroids which (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
em isnae ma first language, unfortunately. It’s actually sae called “(2020)
of SNP BUT cannae vote here, unfortunately ???????(2020)
@Keir_Starmer Unfortunately, a cannae trust em as well as(2020)