A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'whiles'

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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 'whiles' Shetland 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 54 Orkney 9.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 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 11 Mid Northern A 13.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 32.8 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 16 South Northern 2,278.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 127.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 231.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 190.2 occurrences per million words 17 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 275.5 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 20 Glasgow 13.7 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 23 West Central 105.7 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 275.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 12.5 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 208.6 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 22 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) 345.2 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 883.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 229.8 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) 358.6 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'whiles' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'whiles' 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 4 total occurrences 69.97 per million words 2001 18 total occurrences 235.17 per million words 2002 8 total occurrences 106.04 per million words 2003 43 total occurrences 287.60 per million words 2004 25 total occurrences 237.54 per million words 2005 10 total occurrences 147.10 per million words 2006 14 total occurrences 162.42 per million words 2007 13 total occurrences 140.69 per million words 2008 20 total occurrences 254.51 per million words 2009 19 total occurrences 233.47 per million words 2010 30 total occurrences 255.41 per million words 2011 34 total occurrences 234.19 per million words 2012 22 total occurrences 164.43 per million words 2013 16 total occurrences 214.99 per million words 2014 16 total occurrences 93.02 per million words 2015 17 total occurrences 130.63 per million words 2016 9 total occurrences 59.09 per million words 2017 30 total occurrences 206.27 per million words 2018 14 total occurrences 179.78 per million words 2019 8 total occurrences 83.12 per million words 2020 31 total occurrences 91.32 per million words 2021 23 total occurrences 48.92 per million words 2022 47 total occurrences 215.21 per million words 2023 15 total occurrences 153.67 per million words 2024 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 69.97 4
2001 235.17 18
2002 106.04 8
2003 287.60 43
2004 237.54 25
2005 147.10 10
2006 162.42 14
2007 140.69 13
2008 254.51 20
2009 233.47 19
2010 255.41 30
2011 234.19 34
2012 164.43 22
2013 214.99 16
2014 93.02 16
2015 130.63 17
2016 59.09 9
2017 206.27 30
2018 179.78 14
2019 83.12 8
2020 91.32 31
2021 48.92 23
2022 215.21 47
2023 153.67 15
2024 0.00 0

'whiles' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
205.23
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
113.65