A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'say'

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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 'say' Shetland 1,052.1 occurrences per million words 19 authors out of 54 Orkney 953.9 occurrences per million words 20 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,828.5 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 1,179.2 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 1,602.3 occurrences per million words 21 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 1,684.5 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 16 South Northern 976.6 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 4 Dundee 467.3 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 46.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 1,105.5 occurrences per million words 27 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 889.0 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 20 Glasgow 1,661.8 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 23 West Central 1,324.1 occurrences per million words 26 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 747.0 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 1,659.4 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 959.5 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 17,241.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1,635.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,694.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 530.0 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 1,214.8 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 4,739.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 512.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'say' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'say' 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 38 total occurrences 664.68 per million words 2001 60 total occurrences 783.89 per million words 2002 60 total occurrences 795.31 per million words 2003 160 total occurrences 1,070.15 per million words 2004 111 total occurrences 1,054.66 per million words 2005 54 total occurrences 794.33 per million words 2006 229 total occurrences 2,656.70 per million words 2007 67 total occurrences 725.11 per million words 2008 59 total occurrences 750.81 per million words 2009 72 total occurrences 884.74 per million words 2010 128 total occurrences 1,089.74 per million words 2011 184 total occurrences 1,267.39 per million words 2012 245 total occurrences 1,831.10 per million words 2013 102 total occurrences 1,370.58 per million words 2014 225 total occurrences 1,308.10 per million words 2015 187 total occurrences 1,436.89 per million words 2016 165 total occurrences 1,083.33 per million words 2017 105 total occurrences 721.94 per million words 2018 66 total occurrences 847.51 per million words 2019 117 total occurrences 1,215.62 per million words 2020 539 total occurrences 1,587.76 per million words 2021 601 total occurrences 1,278.40 per million words 2022 191 total occurrences 874.56 per million words 2023 99 total occurrences 1,014.23 per million words 2024 25 total occurrences 1,731.06 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 664.68 38
2001 783.89 60
2002 795.31 60
2003 1,070.15 160
2004 1,054.66 111
2005 794.33 54
2006 2,656.70 229
2007 725.11 67
2008 750.81 59
2009 884.74 72
2010 1,089.74 128
2011 1,267.39 184
2012 1,831.10 245
2013 1,370.58 102
2014 1,308.10 225
2015 1,436.89 187
2016 1,083.33 165
2017 721.94 105
2018 847.51 66
2019 1,215.62 117
2020 1,587.76 539
2021 1,278.40 601
2022 874.56 191
2023 1,014.23 99
2024 1,731.06 25

'say' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
1,157.95
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
1,218.02