A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'lads'

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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 'lads' Shetland 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 54 Orkney 39.7 occurrences per million words 2 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 655.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 75.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 120.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 16 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 1,062.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 371.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 464.0 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 106.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 20 Glasgow 195.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 23 West Central 41.4 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 117.9 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 12.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 69.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 22 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 6 East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 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) 358.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'lads' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'lads' 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 2000 7 total occurrences 122.44 per million words 2001 12 total occurrences 156.78 per million words 2002 12 total occurrences 159.06 per million words 2003 8 total occurrences 53.51 per million words 2004 4 total occurrences 38.01 per million words 2005 12 total occurrences 176.52 per million words 2006 5 total occurrences 58.01 per million words 2007 4 total occurrences 43.29 per million words 2008 5 total occurrences 63.63 per million words 2009 2 total occurrences 24.58 per million words 2010 96 total occurrences 817.31 per million words 2011 15 total occurrences 103.32 per million words 2012 33 total occurrences 246.64 per million words 2013 3 total occurrences 40.31 per million words 2014 4 total occurrences 23.26 per million words 2015 3 total occurrences 23.05 per million words 2016 6 total occurrences 39.39 per million words 2017 29 total occurrences 199.39 per million words 2018 9 total occurrences 115.57 per million words 2019 2 total occurrences 20.78 per million words 2020 108 total occurrences 318.14 per million words 2021 93 total occurrences 197.82 per million words 2022 21 total occurrences 96.16 per million words 2023 14 total occurrences 143.43 per million words 2024 7 total occurrences 484.70 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 122.44 7
2001 156.78 12
2002 159.06 12
2003 53.51 8
2004 38.01 4
2005 176.52 12
2006 58.01 5
2007 43.29 4
2008 63.63 5
2009 24.58 2
2010 817.31 96
2011 103.32 15
2012 246.64 33
2013 40.31 3
2014 23.26 4
2015 23.05 3
2016 39.39 6
2017 199.39 29
2018 115.57 9
2019 20.78 2
2020 318.14 108
2021 197.82 93
2022 96.16 21
2023 143.43 14
2024 484.70 7

'lads' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
169.71
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
150.37