A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'accents'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
accentsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33121
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 335.6 3 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 accents in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
and voices and accents mingled taegither on page 27

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
cceptability o ‘Northern’ accents within mainstream broadcastin
aal too often hiv tae ape the accents and language o anither cultur
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ekers wi Niddrie or Sighthill accents an wirds, an whit leid polici
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Dis is baessed apün Shaetlan accents (voices) fae aa ower, so hit' on page 22

2 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ere’ in Scottish an English accents - we cringe awa fae whin we
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ake oan it...American English accents are the slowest changing acce (2021) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
e focus on the sets, knew the accents wid be an issue. I’ve read i (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
disnae juist hae braid Scots accents, but moves easily atween stau
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 73 - Pop Gaes the Idol, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Hamilton, poetry
in accents no his ain on page 114

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in their wey thru Fife. Their accents markit them oot as strangers on page 26

1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Proclaimer's singin wi Scots accents. It soondit wrang. They warna
wis. Awbody speakin wi Scots accents. Uisin Scots words. Aye, they
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hewin the Fat. A mixed bag ay accents. Lived in the Borders firra b on page 3

4 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
and to assert through its own accents the sense of a separate value on page 44

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
awky an enterteenin 'Scottish accents'. Here ye can jyne wi the war on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
awky an enterteenin 'Scottish accents'. Here ye can jyne wi the war on page 54

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Scots accents,
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
berdeenshire an braid Deeside accents melled wi the mair mainstream
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ty o Global English; although accents micht differ fae state tae st
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
academics - an in their ain accents, words & patter. Thon shuidna(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
James McAvoy. His talent fer accents is superb.(2020)
Jodie Comer's talent fer accents is incredible. She's utterly (2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
y time somebody wi a regional accents speaks oan the media, it tell(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
ir employed wi bogus Inglish accents that whyles preclude the rich
1 matches

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