A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'via'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
viaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus258035
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 64.1 48 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 3
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of via 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

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Via, Fea, Bu, Woo, Ha, Pow, How? on page 11

1 matches

Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
Born https://t.co/2F0rmQsV2S via @scotslanguage(2015)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
News https://t.co/dcQvWFslhh via @Shetnews(2016)
klers: http://t.co/s5TskFdnGw via @YouTube(2014)
again http://t.co/39dd5hJ7Bo via @shetnews(2014)
d News http://t.co/7MnpejrY3p via @shetnews(2014)
and - http://t.co/Biae12Iqz3 via @theislandreview(2015)
and 2 other occurrences.

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ar in the introduction, comes via Lewis Mumford's ettle tae des on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ar in the introduction, comes via Lewis Mumford’s ettle tae d
1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
a o’ mail arriving promptly via robot instead o’ the altern
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
winda.Hooiver, they manished via the nurses tae bring me a fou on page 6

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
a wee detour on the wey hame via my second hame - the Fittie (2016)
30'' https://t.co/fJZFSSIE7p via @YouTube(2019)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
drums I got intil the lounge via ane o thae saicret tunnels. I on page 26

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
an reaches us appropriatelie via Rab Calder, a regular contrib on page 5

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
st, ye can aye get a pdf copy via e-mail for free bi sendin yer
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
wee trip intae the Trossachs via Callender. This gave us a cho
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t an send yi a Christmas card via email even if she didnae like on page 148

1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
sure o that cultural deficit, via the ignorance, neglect an doo
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
is is precisely whit wis done via the Education Scotland Act o on page 60

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
im sliding down intae gutters via a thin slice in a drain. And
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
d this pairt o wir lexis come via English whan English teuk owe
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
be able tae get this tae him via a mutual friend. It wis at th
1 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tion haes come mair deviously via Illustrations of the Topograp on page 20

1 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
able for tae gie yer repones via Citizen Space, please fill oo
wull get a copy o yer repones via email. Efter the shuttin date
2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
frae the bucolic and rustic, via the reintegrated leiterarie m
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
a 19th-century history buik (via Wikipedia, Public Domain) for
te 7th-century Vita Columbae (via Wikipedia, Public Domain)
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
h o lear that can be accessed via Smart-Boards or doun-loadit t
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
perceived unfreens an did sae via girseruits internaitionalism.
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
ndeez https://t.co/FU8uzQcfIb via @scotslanguage(2017)

@jax6754 tweeted
buy ticket if a could join in via skype! But doubt that's even (2015)
@antanddec tried it via ma mob, but links tak forever(2015)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ae letter frae Scottish Water via ae o the MSPs..., daes yer co(2020)
for Scots that cud bi pit oot via digital lairnin for the bairn(2020)
o he can just get tae Falkirk via Fochabers, Fortrose and Forfa(2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
poem: https://t.co/iNqa2Dvlce via @YouTube(2018)
poem: https://t.co/ysw8TzsmvU via @YouTube(2018)
song: https://t.co/I9nSAIedXs via @YouTube(2018)

@billykayscot tweeted
wa on the 23rd @WotS_Dingwall via Zoom! Details here: https://t(2020)
d you can taste the same wine via @woodwinters @WoodWintersINV (2020)
go nuanced coffee fae Sumatra via Dundee. Affie guid. https://t(2020)
p, but disnae cast tae the tv via Cromecast.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
nd the dog and cat meat trade via @HSIGlobal https://t.co/Mlds1(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
guide https://t.co/HTew6IZoiW via @scotslanguage https://t.co/R (2021) twitter link
tland https://t.co/6PoZI9Zijc via @YouTube (2021) twitter link
us ken ye're comin by booking via the Eventbrite link ?????? ht (2021) twitter link
anet" https://t.co/ivjP3Wipkh via @YouTube (2021) twitter link
parra https://t.co/nFkzVBIkAm via @YouTube (2021) twitter link
and 20 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d cairt road, frae Howpasley, via the Auld Toun, owre tae Ti’
tae Borth’ick Waiter Heid, via the Auld Toun.
2 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
s://t.co/pffrUZ0ijz #BBCSport via @ bbcsportscot(2019)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
which is needed tae be sorted via TT would take some time. a pr(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
speedie birl tae the present, via wee Jim Barrie, some triflin on page 67

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
via the Ulster-Scots Commonity Ne on page 44
mair generally. Depairtments (via on page 71

2 matches

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