A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'thing'

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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 'thing' Shetland 604.5 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 54 Orkney 834.7 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,723.0 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 1,572.3 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 565.7 occurrences per million words 23 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 557.9 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 16 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 785.9 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 North East Central 371.0 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 524.9 occurrences per million words 29 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 538.4 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 20 Glasgow 569.1 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 23 West Central 763.2 occurrences per million words 18 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 655.3 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 174.7 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 584.0 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,757.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 1,590.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 656.7 occurrences per million words 3 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) 973.4 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'thing' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'thing' 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 22 total occurrences 384.82 per million words 2001 65 total occurrences 849.22 per million words 2002 50 total occurrences 662.76 per million words 2003 79 total occurrences 528.39 per million words 2004 55 total occurrences 522.58 per million words 2005 42 total occurrences 617.81 per million words 2006 40 total occurrences 464.05 per million words 2007 57 total occurrences 616.88 per million words 2008 38 total occurrences 483.57 per million words 2009 58 total occurrences 712.71 per million words 2010 85 total occurrences 723.66 per million words 2011 118 total occurrences 812.78 per million words 2012 79 total occurrences 590.44 per million words 2013 89 total occurrences 1,195.90 per million words 2014 187 total occurrences 1,087.18 per million words 2015 27 total occurrences 207.47 per million words 2016 78 total occurrences 512.12 per million words 2017 112 total occurrences 770.07 per million words 2018 67 total occurrences 860.35 per million words 2019 101 total occurrences 1,049.38 per million words 2020 165 total occurrences 486.05 per million words 2021 275 total occurrences 584.96 per million words 2022 84 total occurrences 384.62 per million words 2023 70 total occurrences 717.13 per million words 2024 9 total occurrences 623.18 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 384.82 22
2001 849.22 65
2002 662.76 50
2003 528.39 79
2004 522.58 55
2005 617.81 42
2006 464.05 40
2007 616.88 57
2008 483.57 38
2009 712.71 58
2010 723.66 85
2011 812.78 118
2012 590.44 79
2013 1,195.90 89
2014 1,087.18 187
2015 207.47 27
2016 512.12 78
2017 770.07 112
2018 860.35 67
2019 1,049.38 101
2020 486.05 165
2021 584.96 275
2022 384.62 84
2023 717.13 70
2024 623.18 9

'thing' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
622.00
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
635.66