A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'a’body'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
a’bodyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.482
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of a’body in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Happy St Andrews Day a’body. Fit ye deein the day tae cel(2015)
unbelievable! Happy New Year a’body, lang may yer lum reek https:(2015)

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
rurie & further! Canna please a’body! Typical Aberdonians i suppos(2018)
ere we are again, Xmas time & a’body merry & jolly. Or in my case (2019)
Hope a’body oot there is deen a’right & (2020)
Aye fit like a’body! Bin aff ma twit fer a while (2020)
Far’s a’body? Oh wait, bit too early for a(2020)