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Isogloss map for 'bairn'
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'bairn' occurrences per year
Year |
Occurences normalised per million |
Total occurrences |
2000 |
104.73 |
6 |
2001 |
182.91 |
14 |
2002 |
277.99 |
21 |
2003 |
294.09 |
44 |
2004 |
370.56 |
39 |
2005 |
102.97 |
7 |
2006 |
104.41 |
9 |
2007 |
420.27 |
46 |
2008 |
369.04 |
29 |
2009 |
552.96 |
45 |
2010 |
255.41 |
30 |
2011 |
234.19 |
34 |
2012 |
373.69 |
50 |
2013 |
161.24 |
12 |
2014 |
383.23 |
69 |
2015 |
315.04 |
41 |
2016 |
210.10 |
32 |
2017 |
288.78 |
42 |
2018 |
218.30 |
17 |
2019 |
457.16 |
44 |
2020 |
158.28 |
52 |
2021 |
319.11 |
142 |
2022 |
283.49 |
58 |
2023 |
248.88 |
31 |
2024 |
196.81 |
13 |
2025 |
0.00 |
0 |
'bairn' overall change in the 21st century
Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012.5:-
291.22
Normalised occurrences 2013.5 to 2025:-
271.75