A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'xx'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
xxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus247718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 91.6 28 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 36.1 27 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 xx in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
to tell you xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx seeing as it will soon be at on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
t "With lots of love from Mam xx' dis time, fur Robert wis bee on page 25

1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
affected da prices too much! xx (2014) twitter link
m pretty sure am doin dat! ?? xx (2017) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
forward tae readin dis Sally xx(2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
trength tae dee, kishie wife! Xx(2019)
can't wait to meet the cats! xx(2018)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
. Send dem oot and let dem go xx (2019) twitter link
you’ll be dancin ageen soon xx https://t.co/YeBBAmnNAp (2018) twitter link
@SamMGreer Im blyde dus no xx (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ope yer ha'ing a guid Sunday. xx(2014)
nt I'll change that tomorrow. xx(2014)
rs thanks hiv a guid weekend. xx(2014)
ks again for pointing it out. xx(2014)
avidMerson mony thanks David! xx(2014)
and 23 other occurrences.

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
nks, we'll hae a fab time ;-) xx(2013)
e mine. You can bide th night xx(2012)
meant tae say Happy Birthday xx(2012)
ghtly longer than expected!!! xx(2011)
come sleep at mine ma luverly xx(2011)
and 4 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
pay to the king the soume of xx pounds.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n - youd make a luvely santa xx (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Huv ye gat the coronavirus? xx
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Chaipter XX on page 64
Chaipter XX VII on page 91

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
, and continewit the space of XX daies; and thairfoir the King
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
are...HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUL YIN! xx(2017)

@jax6754 tweeted
me Matt time? Hae a guid eve! xx(2014)
ep speakin Scottish! Hee hee! xx(2014)
iling Course tae dae! Advice! xx(2014)
e snaw the morrow tae! Sheesh!XX(2016)
odes pleeeeease! Hugggsssss!? xx(2016)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
Beautiful. Aw the best tae ye xx(2020)
re @ashtenRD Have a guid time xx(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
o thum. Block an ignore, hen xx(2020)
s. You dae whit maks ye happy xx(2020)
hertfelt condolences, ma luv xx(2020)
kind tae him in his last days xx(2020)
ain. Hope ye feel better suin xx(2020)
and 9 other occurrences.

@raiphsays tweeted
@JeaneF1MSP Sad tae hear it xx(2020)
g Am sendin aw luv tae ye ????xx(2020)

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