A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'ay'

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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 'ay' Shetland 75.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 54 Orkney 9.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 748.8 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 1,489.6 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 21.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 45.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 455.9 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 570.3 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 20 Glasgow 7,521.8 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 22 West Central 195.3 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 96.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 1,162.7 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 125.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 470.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 232.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 356.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'ay' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'ay' 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 2026 2000 20 total occurrences 349.11 per million words 2001 49 total occurrences 640.18 per million words 2002 12 total occurrences 158.85 per million words 2003 139 total occurrences 929.06 per million words 2004 133 total occurrences 1,263.69 per million words 2005 137 total occurrences 2,015.24 per million words 2006 69 total occurrences 800.49 per million words 2007 52 total occurrences 475.09 per million words 2008 24 total occurrences 305.41 per million words 2009 18 total occurrences 221.18 per million words 2010 70 total occurrences 595.95 per million words 2011 102 total occurrences 702.58 per million words 2012 16 total occurrences 119.58 per million words 2013 41 total occurrences 550.92 per million words 2014 76 total occurrences 422.11 per million words 2015 51 total occurrences 391.88 per million words 2016 45 total occurrences 295.45 per million words 2017 74 total occurrences 508.80 per million words 2018 16 total occurrences 205.46 per million words 2019 13 total occurrences 135.07 per million words 2020 677 total occurrences 2,060.72 per million words 2021 843 total occurrences 1,894.42 per million words 2022 60 total occurrences 293.26 per million words 2023 6 total occurrences 48.17 per million words 2024 21 total occurrences 257.90 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 349.11 20
2001 640.18 49
2002 158.85 12
2003 929.06 139
2004 1,263.69 133
2005 2,015.24 137
2006 800.49 69
2007 475.09 52
2008 305.41 24
2009 221.18 18
2010 595.95 70
2011 702.58 102
2012 119.58 16
2013 550.92 41
2014 422.11 76
2015 391.88 51
2016 295.45 45
2017 508.80 74
2018 205.46 16
2019 135.07 13
2020 2,060.72 677
2021 1,894.42 843
2022 293.26 60
2023 48.17 6
2024 257.90 21
2025 0.00 0
2026 0.00 0

'ay' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
649.16
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
951.31