A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ah’d'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ah’dOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.894
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ah’d in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
If coos made chocolate milk ah’d drink it stracht fae the udde(2017)
Ma wifie socht me if ah’d like tae renew oor wedding vo(2018)
Yer a richt guid loon! Ah’d hiv thocht sortin the auld ae(2019)
, “Ah wintit tae make siccar ah’d switched it aff!’ Ah’m takk(2019)
Ah thocht ah’d try “healthy” aa Bran fur b(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
dee this fin we wis younger. Ah’d forgotten aa aboot it... ?? H(2020)

General Central

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@stewartbremner Ah’d shoogle a wean to soothe them(2018)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
an edit button! God’s truth, ah’d be as weel tae stick tae pict(2020)