A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'tell'

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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 'tell' Shetland 796.3 occurrences per million words 22 authors out of 54 Orkney 635.9 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,125.3 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 783.0 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 755.4 occurrences per million words 20 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 1,185.4 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 17 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 1,104.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 275.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 967.8 occurrences per million words 30 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 650.8 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 20 Glasgow 855.7 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 22 West Central 940.9 occurrences per million words 22 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 726.0 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 910.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 474.2 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 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) 1,192.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 196.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 7 East Antrim (Larne) 919.3 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 256.1 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'tell' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'tell' 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 19 total occurrences 331.65 per million words 2001 62 total occurrences 810.02 per million words 2002 44 total occurrences 582.47 per million words 2003 84 total occurrences 561.44 per million words 2004 78 total occurrences 741.11 per million words 2005 40 total occurrences 588.39 per million words 2006 57 total occurrences 661.28 per million words 2007 75 total occurrences 685.23 per million words 2008 48 total occurrences 610.83 per million words 2009 46 total occurrences 565.25 per million words 2010 96 total occurrences 817.31 per million words 2011 118 total occurrences 812.78 per million words 2012 153 total occurrences 1,143.51 per million words 2013 97 total occurrences 1,303.40 per million words 2014 165 total occurrences 916.42 per million words 2015 75 total occurrences 576.29 per million words 2016 157 total occurrences 1,030.81 per million words 2017 121 total occurrences 831.95 per million words 2018 48 total occurrences 616.37 per million words 2019 86 total occurrences 893.53 per million words 2020 197 total occurrences 599.65 per million words 2021 428 total occurrences 961.82 per million words 2022 146 total occurrences 713.61 per million words 2023 73 total occurrences 586.07 per million words 2024 33 total occurrences 499.58 per million words 2025 2 total occurrences 205.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 331.65 19
2001 810.02 62
2002 582.47 44
2003 561.44 84
2004 741.11 78
2005 588.39 40
2006 661.28 57
2007 685.23 75
2008 610.83 48
2009 565.25 46
2010 817.31 96
2011 812.78 118
2012 1,143.51 153
2013 1,303.40 97
2014 916.42 165
2015 576.29 75
2016 1,030.81 157
2017 831.95 121
2018 616.37 48
2019 893.53 86
2020 599.65 197
2021 961.82 428
2022 713.61 146
2023 586.07 73
2024 499.58 33
2025 205.00 2

'tell' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
716.36
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
800.01