A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'alike'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alikeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32720
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 alike in Corpus

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Orkney

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
-trickid capers by youngsters alike wae on page 35

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n ye think oan't, wi war rale alike," said Duncan, takkin nae not on page 15
brity, adored bi young an aul alike. Wi luved war waaks - oot in on page 17

2 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
Festival bringin aul an young alike thegither in music.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
cient warld, bi Celt an Roman alike, an she thocht on Pegassus, f
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
onsers, Teuchters and Meelers alike. Hope yer aa hayin a rare day(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
is fun for big an little anes alike. on page 7

1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
an private property suffered alike. Norman Beggerey's Greenhoose on page 118

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ours, onlookers an sichtseers alike that the thing wid nivver be
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Cut off alike from you and thae boys at the on page 58

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Whilst the media and public, alike, lovingly eat up her words li on page 55
acturs, nurses, and visitors, alike. Young, auld, and ancient. In on page 176

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
Whilst the media and public, alike. Lovingly eat up her words li
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ched bi a Winnie Mandela luik-alike staunin bi the phone juist in
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
sned evri crime, large an sma alike - on page 121

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n bastards n eld pishy drunks alike - standin outside smokin loo on page 38
burds n mad rough scheme cows alike. The only time yi see it like on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
hunt me. Ilka chuckie-hen is alike, an ilka man is alike. An sae on page 68

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
on whiles teacher and pupils alike wad sit thonder swelterin and on page 37

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
fund thit Coalhoose wis awfy alike Lo’gairlan’. A straiglin
lukked aw richt tae him. Gey alike the pliss he’d jist cam fra
2 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
e aw scuil pupils an lairners alike. The new app haes thoosans o
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
baith Unionist an Capitalist alike. Fowk sharin a cultural or ed
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
aircraft carrier eftir yon is alike tae the Russians hivin a wars on page 39

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Yarns in lug alike thay soond on page 34

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That they wur awfa alike, wae ivriethin said. on page 29

1 matches

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