A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'but'

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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 'but' Shetland 3,063.2 occurrences per million words 31 authors out of 54 Orkney 2,961.1 occurrences per million words 24 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 5,415.3 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 4,698.0 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 1,281.8 occurrences per million words 25 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 5,559.8 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 17 South Northern 7,649.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 4 Dundee 5,161.4 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 9 North East Central 5,824.9 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 4,805.0 occurrences per million words 44 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 2,429.8 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 20 Glasgow 4,165.7 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 22 West Central 6,093.5 occurrences per million words 31 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 5,562.7 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 4,267.1 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 5,216.3 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 17,241.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 6,376.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 5,680.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 2,623.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 4,399.6 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 9,478.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 3,125.0 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'but' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'but' 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 127 total occurrences 2,216.83 per million words 2001 324 total occurrences 4,233.03 per million words 2002 267 total occurrences 3,534.50 per million words 2003 471 total occurrences 3,148.10 per million words 2004 247 total occurrences 2,346.86 per million words 2005 258 total occurrences 3,795.12 per million words 2006 174 total occurrences 2,018.63 per million words 2007 406 total occurrences 3,709.35 per million words 2008 337 total occurrences 4,288.51 per million words 2009 304 total occurrences 3,735.56 per million words 2010 582 total occurrences 4,954.92 per million words 2011 281 total occurrences 1,935.53 per million words 2012 541 total occurrences 4,043.38 per million words 2013 367 total occurrences 4,931.40 per million words 2014 898 total occurrences 4,987.53 per million words 2015 530 total occurrences 4,072.47 per million words 2016 876 total occurrences 5,751.50 per million words 2017 752 total occurrences 5,170.48 per million words 2018 390 total occurrences 5,008.03 per million words 2019 446 total occurrences 4,633.91 per million words 2020 1478 total occurrences 4,498.88 per million words 2021 2286 total occurrences 5,137.18 per million words 2022 649 total occurrences 3,172.14 per million words 2023 584 total occurrences 4,688.58 per million words 2024 306 total occurrences 4,632.50 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 2,216.83 127
2001 4,233.03 324
2002 3,534.50 267
2003 3,148.10 471
2004 2,346.86 247
2005 3,795.12 258
2006 2,018.63 174
2007 3,709.35 406
2008 4,288.51 337
2009 3,735.56 304
2010 4,954.92 582
2011 1,935.53 281
2012 4,043.38 541
2013 4,931.40 367
2014 4,987.53 898
2015 4,072.47 530
2016 5,751.50 876
2017 5,170.48 752
2018 5,008.03 390
2019 4,633.91 446
2020 4,498.88 1,478
2021 5,137.18 2,286
2022 3,172.14 649
2023 4,688.58 584
2024 4,632.50 306
2025 0.00 0

'but' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
3,363.02
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
4,698.86