Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'advantage'

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Use in varieties of Scots

advantage	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.2	47	31
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	70.3	2	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central	91.7	2	1
SEC - (South) East Central	9.8	4	4
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	2
EDN - Edinburgh	55.8	9	3
GLA - Glasgow	15.4	3	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	37.4	3	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	62.8	2	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster	10	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of advantage in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ckle prayan mantis, took full advantage o his chances. on page 77

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"An dat wid be nae advantage," said Alice, aafil blyde ta on page 60
Da idder invited fok wis taen advantage o da Wheen bein awa, an dey w on page 93

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ng, yun hoory bitch just took advantage o him. Shi's come a da kind, on page 11

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Wheech widna be an advantage," sade Alice, who felt awful on page 57
E ither guests hed taken advantage o e Queen's absence, an were on page 89

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
tps://t.co/RbI0SQtrf3 tae tak advantage o this offer. https://t.co/mC(2020)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
y think this could be tae oor advantage. I also think that for the li (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
Sun's oot tak advantage winna be here lang(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t o'Bugs Life decide tae tack advantage to mack a 2nd film in ma hoos(2018)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ion that wad gie his force an advantage . Kennin that the giant Englis
ertainly it wis tae the Scots advantage . The English arranged theirse
2 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
and that I should try to take advantage of my new found prowess'. Ah on page 80

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
broken bottle was one helluva advantage. on page 1

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
buggers wha war juist takken advantage tae sattle auld scores, but a on page 1

1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ver contributed a thing. Took advantage big time, aa her meals free g
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
re fur wan reason - tae take advantage ae the private cubicles. As i on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
how kin yi dae this takin advantage on page 50

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Martin an his freins had the advantage o the baist. It wis only a ma on page 80
zards cam fae aw ower tae tak advantage o the oorie pleasures tae be on page 118

2 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
g the Cornish fowk. We hae an advantage that Cornish disna hae in tha on page 109

1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the laund is aw aboot takkin advantage o its tuimness for recreation
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
i Beatrice there wis yae grit advantage : nae faimly tae stick thair n
threats. It taks juist a smaa advantage , a smaa advantage at a partee
, a smaa advantage at a parteecular pynt in time
t o this carnage. She had the advantage o him - he had nae idea o se
Ah’d be roch eneuch tae tak advantage o you, beina stranger ... if
7 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
The ither guests hid taken advantage ae the Queen's absence, an wi on page 91

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
an as sure as fuck they take advantage , then ah need tae hurt them.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
hit bruv. Says you’re takin advantage –’
1 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ds tae haund, but we haed the advantage an afore lang the two ships d on page 58

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
cannae blame Greggs fir takin advantage o a nutritionally ignorant po
ignorant population. But tak advantage they certainly dae, an their
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
govrnement haes pressed their advantage tae secure their grup on pooe
the noo gies Labour an unfair advantage , but monie critics sees the m
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
, afternoon peeps. I took the advantage tae strip doon ma scale model (2022) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
d yaise that info tae yir ain advantage. (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Which would no b' an advantage," said Ahlice, whae felt awfy on page 58
was th only yin whae got ony advantage frae th chainge; an Ahlice wa on page 73
Th ither guests hae ta'en advantage o th Queen's absence, an were on page 91

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
if that wis a cheek an takin advantage o me an ma role. A'm hauf con on page 46

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
"Whuch wud bae nae advantage," said Alice, wha feelt, wile on page 59
The ither guests had tuk advantage o the Queen's absence, an wur on page 92

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e, "but I dinnnae lik tae tak advantage." on page 20

1 matches

General Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
The fu' advantage o' the chanst tae gie prattic on page 8

1 matches