A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'less'

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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 'less' Shetland 319.7 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 54 Orkney 258.3 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 occurrences per million words 1 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 81.7 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 241.3 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 159.3 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 163.3 occurrences per million words 19 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 186.0 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 20 Glasgow 210.1 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 22 West Central 177.5 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 192.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 149.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 348.7 occurrences per million words 9 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) 125.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 262.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 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) 102.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'less' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'less' 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 10 total occurrences 174.55 per million words 2001 16 total occurrences 209.04 per million words 2002 10 total occurrences 132.38 per million words 2003 31 total occurrences 207.20 per million words 2004 13 total occurrences 123.52 per million words 2005 12 total occurrences 176.52 per million words 2006 10 total occurrences 116.01 per million words 2007 20 total occurrences 182.73 per million words 2008 13 total occurrences 165.43 per million words 2009 14 total occurrences 172.03 per million words 2010 9 total occurrences 76.62 per million words 2011 20 total occurrences 137.76 per million words 2012 38 total occurrences 284.01 per million words 2013 10 total occurrences 134.37 per million words 2014 25 total occurrences 138.85 per million words 2015 34 total occurrences 261.25 per million words 2016 25 total occurrences 164.14 per million words 2017 28 total occurrences 192.52 per million words 2018 20 total occurrences 256.82 per million words 2019 17 total occurrences 176.63 per million words 2020 68 total occurrences 206.99 per million words 2021 57 total occurrences 128.09 per million words 2022 46 total occurrences 224.84 per million words 2023 27 total occurrences 216.77 per million words 2024 16 total occurrences 242.22 per million words 2025 2 total occurrences 205.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 174.55 10
2001 209.04 16
2002 132.38 10
2003 207.20 31
2004 123.52 13
2005 176.52 12
2006 116.01 10
2007 182.73 20
2008 165.43 13
2009 172.03 14
2010 76.62 9
2011 137.76 20
2012 284.01 38
2013 134.37 10
2014 138.85 25
2015 261.25 34
2016 164.14 25
2017 192.52 28
2018 256.82 20
2019 176.63 17
2020 206.99 68
2021 128.09 57
2022 224.84 46
2023 216.77 27
2024 242.22 16
2025 205.00 2

'less' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
168.19
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
184.28