A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'sure'

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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 'sure' Shetland 465.0 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 54 Orkney 536.6 occurrences per million words 12 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 914.3 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 894.9 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 398.9 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 503.5 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 95.6 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 North East Central 45.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 219.4 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 136.4 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 20 Glasgow 497.0 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 22 West Central 430.5 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 74.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 266.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 125.5 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1,308.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 972.9 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 814.0 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 426.8 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) 249.8 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'sure' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'sure' 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 2026 2000 10 total occurrences 174.55 per million words 2001 8 total occurrences 104.52 per million words 2002 27 total occurrences 357.42 per million words 2003 25 total occurrences 167.10 per million words 2004 31 total occurrences 294.55 per million words 2005 11 total occurrences 161.81 per million words 2006 21 total occurrences 243.63 per million words 2007 21 total occurrences 191.86 per million words 2008 5 total occurrences 63.63 per million words 2009 27 total occurrences 331.78 per million words 2010 10 total occurrences 85.14 per million words 2011 53 total occurrences 365.06 per million words 2012 39 total occurrences 291.48 per million words 2013 45 total occurrences 604.67 per million words 2014 94 total occurrences 522.08 per million words 2015 23 total occurrences 176.73 per million words 2016 27 total occurrences 177.27 per million words 2017 22 total occurrences 151.26 per million words 2018 12 total occurrences 154.09 per million words 2019 74 total occurrences 768.86 per million words 2020 125 total occurrences 380.49 per million words 2021 164 total occurrences 368.55 per million words 2022 63 total occurrences 307.93 per million words 2023 34 total occurrences 272.97 per million words 2024 26 total occurrences 319.31 per million words 2025 1 total occurrences 82.16 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 174.55 10
2001 104.52 8
2002 357.42 27
2003 167.10 25
2004 294.55 31
2005 161.81 11
2006 243.63 21
2007 191.86 21
2008 63.63 5
2009 331.78 27
2010 85.14 10
2011 365.06 53
2012 291.48 39
2013 604.67 45
2014 522.08 94
2015 176.73 23
2016 177.27 27
2017 151.26 22
2018 154.09 12
2019 768.86 74
2020 380.49 125
2021 368.55 164
2022 307.93 63
2023 272.97 34
2024 319.31 26
2025 82.16 1
2026 0.00 0

'sure' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
245.09
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
336.14