A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'may'

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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 'may' Shetland 127.9 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 54 Orkney 119.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 457.1 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 11 Mid Northern A 75.2 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 131.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 16 South Northern 325.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 339.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 46.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 78.6 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 62.6 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 63.7 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 23 West Central 82.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 183.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 149.7 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 166.9 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 327.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 219.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 2,369.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 307.4 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'may' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'may' 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 5 total occurrences 87.46 per million words 2001 16 total occurrences 209.04 per million words 2002 14 total occurrences 185.57 per million words 2003 10 total occurrences 66.88 per million words 2004 11 total occurrences 104.52 per million words 2005 14 total occurrences 205.94 per million words 2006 6 total occurrences 69.61 per million words 2007 16 total occurrences 173.16 per million words 2008 19 total occurrences 241.79 per million words 2009 6 total occurrences 73.73 per million words 2010 9 total occurrences 76.62 per million words 2011 7 total occurrences 48.22 per million words 2012 13 total occurrences 97.16 per million words 2013 12 total occurrences 161.24 per million words 2014 25 total occurrences 145.34 per million words 2015 37 total occurrences 284.30 per million words 2016 16 total occurrences 105.05 per million words 2017 27 total occurrences 185.64 per million words 2018 15 total occurrences 192.62 per million words 2019 17 total occurrences 176.63 per million words 2020 66 total occurrences 194.42 per million words 2021 35 total occurrences 74.45 per million words 2022 40 total occurrences 183.15 per million words 2023 18 total occurrences 184.41 per million words 2024 2 total occurrences 138.48 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 87.46 5
2001 209.04 16
2002 185.57 14
2003 66.88 10
2004 104.52 11
2005 205.94 14
2006 69.61 6
2007 173.16 16
2008 241.79 19
2009 73.73 6
2010 76.62 9
2011 48.22 7
2012 97.16 13
2013 161.24 12
2014 145.34 25
2015 284.30 37
2016 105.05 16
2017 185.64 27
2018 192.62 15
2019 176.63 17
2020 194.42 66
2021 74.45 35
2022 183.15 40
2023 184.41 18
2024 138.48 2

'may' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
115.24
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
155.90