A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'b'

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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 'b' Shetland 494.1 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 54 Orkney 59.6 occurrences per million words 3 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 29.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 146.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 31.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 45.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,231.1 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 55.8 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 56.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 22 West Central 39.9 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 21.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 2,757.4 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 55.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'b' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'b' 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 3 total occurrences 52.37 per million words 2001 9 total occurrences 117.58 per million words 2002 9 total occurrences 119.14 per million words 2003 32 total occurrences 213.88 per million words 2004 3 total occurrences 28.50 per million words 2005 13 total occurrences 191.23 per million words 2006 6 total occurrences 69.61 per million words 2007 18 total occurrences 164.45 per million words 2008 2 total occurrences 25.45 per million words 2009 1 total occurrences 12.29 per million words 2010 6 total occurrences 51.08 per million words 2011 8 total occurrences 55.10 per million words 2012 21 total occurrences 156.95 per million words 2013 6 total occurrences 80.62 per million words 2014 4 total occurrences 22.22 per million words 2015 239 total occurrences 1,836.46 per million words 2016 72 total occurrences 472.73 per million words 2017 14 total occurrences 96.26 per million words 2018 3 total occurrences 38.52 per million words 2019 11 total occurrences 114.29 per million words 2020 363 total occurrences 1,104.94 per million words 2021 160 total occurrences 359.56 per million words 2022 94 total occurrences 459.45 per million words 2023 7 total occurrences 56.20 per million words 2024 58 total occurrences 878.06 per million words 2025 7 total occurrences 717.51 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.37 3
2001 117.58 9
2002 119.14 9
2003 213.88 32
2004 28.50 3
2005 191.23 13
2006 69.61 6
2007 164.45 18
2008 25.45 2
2009 12.29 1
2010 51.08 6
2011 55.10 8
2012 156.95 21
2013 80.62 6
2014 22.22 4
2015 1,836.46 239
2016 472.73 72
2017 96.26 14
2018 38.52 3
2019 114.29 11
2020 1,104.94 363
2021 359.56 160
2022 459.45 94
2023 56.20 7
2024 878.06 58
2025 717.51 7

'b' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
102.00
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
510.08