A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'bit'

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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 'bit' Shetland 3,580.5 occurrences per million words 29 authors out of 54 Orkney 4,670.2 occurrences per million words 22 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,160.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 2,572.7 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 5,039.0 occurrences per million words 32 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 3,168.0 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 17 South Northern 1,139.3 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 4 Dundee 1,964.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 504.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,565.1 occurrences per million words 37 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 4,097.2 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 20 Glasgow 2,449.2 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 22 West Central 1,304.8 occurrences per million words 25 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 886.2 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 1,472.3 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 1,701.6 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1,962.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,757.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 721.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 656.7 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) 973.4 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'bit' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'bit' 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 85 total occurrences 1,483.71 per million words 2001 196 total occurrences 2,560.72 per million words 2002 296 total occurrences 3,918.40 per million words 2003 386 total occurrences 2,579.97 per million words 2004 437 total occurrences 4,152.14 per million words 2005 193 total occurrences 2,838.99 per million words 2006 403 total occurrences 4,675.34 per million words 2007 213 total occurrences 1,946.04 per million words 2008 140 total occurrences 1,781.58 per million words 2009 239 total occurrences 2,936.84 per million words 2010 273 total occurrences 2,324.22 per million words 2011 720 total occurrences 4,959.36 per million words 2012 420 total occurrences 3,139.04 per million words 2013 187 total occurrences 2,512.73 per million words 2014 538 total occurrences 2,988.08 per million words 2015 175 total occurrences 1,344.69 per million words 2016 147 total occurrences 965.15 per million words 2017 297 total occurrences 2,042.07 per million words 2018 105 total occurrences 1,348.31 per million words 2019 111 total occurrences 1,153.28 per million words 2020 587 total occurrences 1,786.77 per million words 2021 752 total occurrences 1,689.92 per million words 2022 491 total occurrences 2,399.87 per million words 2023 258 total occurrences 2,071.32 per million words 2024 101 total occurrences 1,529.03 per million words 2025 8 total occurrences 820.01 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 1,483.71 85
2001 2,560.72 196
2002 3,918.40 296
2003 2,579.97 386
2004 4,152.14 437
2005 2,838.99 193
2006 4,675.34 403
2007 1,946.04 213
2008 1,781.58 140
2009 2,936.84 239
2010 2,324.22 273
2011 4,959.36 720
2012 3,139.04 420
2013 2,512.73 187
2014 2,988.08 538
2015 1,344.69 175
2016 965.15 147
2017 2,042.07 297
2018 1,348.31 105
2019 1,153.28 111
2020 1,786.77 587
2021 1,689.92 752
2022 2,399.87 491
2023 2,071.32 258
2024 1,529.03 101
2025 820.01 8

'bit' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
3,115.40
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
1,846.23