A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'seem'

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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 'seem' Shetland 122.1 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 54 Orkney 168.9 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 281.3 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 107.9 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 136.4 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 17 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 138.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 9 North East Central 137.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 139.0 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 111.6 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 20 Glasgow 199.8 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 22 West Central 133.1 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 85.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 124.8 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 69.7 occurrences per million words 4 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) 376.6 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 7 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) 51.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'seem' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'seem' 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 3 total occurrences 52.37 per million words 2001 10 total occurrences 130.65 per million words 2002 7 total occurrences 92.66 per million words 2003 20 total occurrences 133.68 per million words 2004 8 total occurrences 76.01 per million words 2005 8 total occurrences 117.68 per million words 2006 21 total occurrences 243.63 per million words 2007 11 total occurrences 100.50 per million words 2008 2 total occurrences 25.45 per million words 2009 7 total occurrences 86.02 per million words 2010 13 total occurrences 110.68 per million words 2011 17 total occurrences 117.10 per million words 2012 18 total occurrences 134.53 per million words 2013 11 total occurrences 147.81 per million words 2014 33 total occurrences 183.28 per million words 2015 19 total occurrences 145.99 per million words 2016 11 total occurrences 72.22 per million words 2017 23 total occurrences 158.14 per million words 2018 17 total occurrences 218.30 per million words 2019 13 total occurrences 135.07 per million words 2020 41 total occurrences 124.80 per million words 2021 78 total occurrences 175.28 per million words 2022 16 total occurrences 78.20 per million words 2023 15 total occurrences 120.43 per million words 2024 7 total occurrences 105.97 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 52.37 3
2001 130.65 10
2002 92.66 7
2003 133.68 20
2004 76.01 8
2005 117.68 8
2006 243.63 21
2007 100.50 11
2008 25.45 2
2009 86.02 7
2010 110.68 13
2011 117.10 17
2012 134.53 18
2013 147.81 11
2014 183.28 33
2015 145.99 19
2016 72.22 11
2017 158.14 23
2018 218.30 17
2019 135.07 13
2020 124.80 41
2021 175.28 78
2022 78.20 16
2023 120.43 15
2024 105.97 7
2025 0.00 0

'seem' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
112.91
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
139.56