A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'aboot'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'aboot' Shetland 4,126.8 occurrences per million words 34 authors out of 54 Orkney 2,633.2 occurrences per million words 24 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 3,446.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 5,145.4 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 3,498.8 occurrences per million words 30 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 3,807.9 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 17 South Northern 2,115.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 4 Dundee 2,697.5 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 9 North East Central 3,302.3 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 2,567.1 occurrences per million words 37 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 2,256.3 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 20 Glasgow 3,504.7 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 22 West Central 3,941.0 occurrences per million words 31 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 2,968.2 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 2,907.1 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 2,147.9 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 17,241.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 2,943.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 4,017.1 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 1,770.7 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 2,364.0 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 2,561.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'aboot' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'aboot' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2000 87 total occurrences 1,518.62 per million words 2001 218 total occurrences 2,848.15 per million words 2002 168 total occurrences 2,223.96 per million words 2003 412 total occurrences 2,753.75 per million words 2004 280 total occurrences 2,660.41 per million words 2005 207 total occurrences 3,044.92 per million words 2006 316 total occurrences 3,666.02 per million words 2007 231 total occurrences 2,110.49 per million words 2008 175 total occurrences 2,226.97 per million words 2009 230 total occurrences 2,826.25 per million words 2010 359 total occurrences 3,056.39 per million words 2011 445 total occurrences 3,065.16 per million words 2012 446 total occurrences 3,333.36 per million words 2013 290 total occurrences 3,896.75 per million words 2014 584 total occurrences 3,243.56 per million words 2015 407 total occurrences 3,127.35 per million words 2016 509 total occurrences 3,341.91 per million words 2017 417 total occurrences 2,867.14 per million words 2018 262 total occurrences 3,364.37 per million words 2019 394 total occurrences 4,093.63 per million words 2020 1175 total occurrences 3,576.58 per million words 2021 1516 total occurrences 3,406.81 per million words 2022 537 total occurrences 2,624.71 per million words 2023 290 total occurrences 2,328.23 per million words 2024 120 total occurrences 1,816.67 per million words 2025 39 total occurrences 3,997.54 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 1,518.62 87
2001 2,848.15 218
2002 2,223.96 168
2003 2,753.75 412
2004 2,660.41 280
2005 3,044.92 207
2006 3,666.02 316
2007 2,110.49 231
2008 2,226.97 175
2009 2,826.25 230
2010 3,056.39 359
2011 3,065.16 445
2012 3,333.36 446
2013 3,896.75 290
2014 3,243.56 584
2015 3,127.35 407
2016 3,341.91 509
2017 2,867.14 417
2018 3,364.37 262
2019 4,093.63 394
2020 3,576.58 1,175
2021 3,406.81 1,516
2022 2,624.71 537
2023 2,328.23 290
2024 1,816.67 120
2025 3,997.54 39

'aboot' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
2,782.92
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
3,213.82