A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'adds'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
addsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32119
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 4
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 adds in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And Grandad adds tae his repertoire wi a bad w on page 55

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ng from the ether. But," sheu adds, sofnan, seean madram turn ta on page 57
ity For Fantastic Growth." He adds exclamaetion mairks, than hit on page 149

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bit hid all adds up tae bugger all on page 97

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
t" in the hills around me. It adds so much colour and texture to (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
lls for special occasions. It adds a little something to the pro on page 35

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ou're nivver broken breath wi adds you tae a list ca'd 'complete(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
bird'sfoot trefoil in da air adds sweetness tae da usual thick (2018)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t o poems ‘Winter Sangs’, adds til it. The title poem is an
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, he leans ower the drawin an adds a wiggly curvin smiley mooth. on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
excellent coverage on bdfm - adds up to a very productive night (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Then adds, 'Gin a young fellah's baws a on page 111

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
zor-shairp gullie and he jist adds thaim tae the haip. on page 9

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
bit here and there and it aw adds up’’
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
about him I don't like,' she adds. on page 9

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
He presses the button and it adds fifty pence tae the total fur on page 18

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
dy fur the off here.’ Donna adds, an ah look at Tracey who gie
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e forbye the sun an the mune, adds the big yin. on page 14

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Scottish National Dictionary adds ‘in Eng. use since the mid
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Which adds tae them frae long past years on page 54

1 matches

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