Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'apology'

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Use in varieties of Scots

apology	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.2	17	16
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.6	3	3
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	9.1	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	4	3	3
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 apology in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
gue wi confidence an wi’oot apology – sharin oor passion an pri
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
micky managed tae gasp oot an apology for killin Bob the dog but th
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wis made tae write a letter o apology tae the teacher an on tap o t
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
her McMurtrie waved aside his apology, though, an wint stracht to t on page 108

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
foo o apology an Jonsar asks "Fars the wye
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
aigy says, "You owe Dougie an apology." on page 134

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Apology
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rse demand an explanation and apology - mon (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y fur whit happent. She said, Apology accepted ya big dork. Ah said on page 43
ause he wrote her a letter ae apology. on page 96

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
She noddit, acceptin his apology . “Wait on me,” she sayed.
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the truth and a deep lamentin apology, evidence ay ma transformatio on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
d thegither and they bowed in apology then giggled. Sammy sat in th
1 matches

General Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
An apology , first o aa, til Alexander Hu
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
aw-breaking Tories. Johnson's apology not enough. He should be made (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
@TweetStreetocc1 An apology fae you, widnae a stopped you (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
A mak nae apology fur furthsettin this document
1 matches