Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'account'

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Use in varieties of Scots

account	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	20.3	66	40
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21.9	2	1
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	30.4	12	2
WCE - West Central	27.6	6	5
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	18.8	3	2
GLA - Glasgow	22.8	5	5
AYR - Ayrshire	13.1	1	1
LAL - General Central	27.9	21	13
SEA - South East (Borders)	49.9	4	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.8	2	2
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	14.1	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of account in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
campion is Clokkie flooer on account o da bugs dat mak it dir hom.(2014)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
oon her flamingo, an began an account o e game, feelan awful gled s on page 81

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
o. Scullery maids were on nae account to gyang intae the hoose prop
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
transfer siller inta ma bank account. Hes gyan tae gie me a whac(2019)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
�Just whatever’s left in my account .’
‘I’m afraid your account has insufficient funds. Do yo
2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
her Meerschaum took Ernie’s account in all seriousness is open ta
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tae have deleted his Twitter account - bizarre (2022) twitter link
praise if nae slightly bitter account of a game in 86. But, @Gary (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
For anybody wondering my new account (this one) has replaced my au(2016)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
we hud nicknamed Bananas oan account ae him being a lunatic. He hu on page 20
tinuin oan wae his eyewitness account. on page 33
''ll lit that yin go, eh? oan account ae what's happened. But you r on page 183

3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
elburghAth am revamping ma fb account again - as theres no much ac (2020) twitter link
usselburghAth well open up an account lol (2020) twitter link
illout i have unearthed a 7th account m8 - is this a record on twi (2020) twitter link
altire cant seem to find this account? (2020) twitter link
tire that you liking your own account - o dear lol (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
, ben the lobby, the stirring account on page 88
knock-doon tae Maecenas. The account is aiblins based oan a raelli on page 123

2 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
account o it bein past shuttin time o
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
till got a Junior Savers bank account ! Whit chance hiv ah o kennin
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
e ah wis grounded bigtime. On account o’ an entrepreneurial spiri
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
w, dae ye naw haiv a personal account tae as weil as the wan ye hid (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
ichtna get awa wi sic a plain account on page 98

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
right twig though. Perhaps on account of the wide variety of substa
On account of Evans’ squatness n in tu
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
beginning? Or shall I give my account of events.' on page 52

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
got fuck all cash left in yir account but ye'll be signin oan an ye on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ubbed him the Grim Reaper oan account o his black hoodie, greasy ha on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Frae appenin an account at the food bank, on page 82

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oot an application fur a bank account never mind huv wan, where dae
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ut feart tae share - John on account o the bairn on her hip an the on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
iter nou about triffles o nae account. Wi that, aa at aince a foreg on page 18

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ies an muckle wappen wark oan account o his voyagins. on page 14

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ubbed him the Grim Reaper oan account o his black hoodie, greasy ha on page 8

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
want tae log oantae ma ghost account, ah resist the temptation. St on page 85
ound weird... Ah made a ghost account fur ma Granny, and ah'm sure on page 90
She snorts when the account comes intae view. There's a t on page 91

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
lp had taen doun her hertsome account o her firstlin seevin years. on page 54

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ark at need tae be taen intae account gin we wint tae unnerstan the on page 9

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
id for ye last week. I've the account here.' on page 72

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
in writin for the Statistical Account of Scotland said that in Deze
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ent day. The 1845 Statistical Account for Renfrew commends the syst
1 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
omfortable haudin the SNP tae account on issues like frackin an TTI
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ARNING @chrisodonnell twitter account looks to have been hacked. Pl(2015)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
laims (??), Daniel now has an account on here.... @DMJack2022 (2022) twitter link

@changed_days tweeted
s they said not tae make aner account cos they'd ban it too. So a w (2021) twitter link
airdric1 Am on. Ma fvckin 3rd account ae the year. Been on it fae 2 (2021) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
P If only there was a Twitter account dedicatit tae thon... ;-) An (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
n hur flamingo, an sterted an account o th game, feelin gie chuffed on page 83

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ilk is mair o ae sociological account o life i the Pairish whan A w
ma thochts refleckin upo at account o the valley o ’dry banes�
mair skeilie i English. This account o Jame’s academic impruivme
3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r nor an academic historian's account. It's the wee details that ma on page 84

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
’ll hae muckle tae thole on account o it,
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
al tae mich o' the waark. Oan account o' thon on page 71

1 matches