A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'aren'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21713
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aren in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
it, They're not staying/They aren't staying. on page 89
English wye, at's: I'm here, aren't on page 92

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tee an cam back up wi a box. "Aren't they lovely?" she said, lif on page 65
n. They're saying things that aren't even true... things that di on page 76

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Affa bonnie Collieston, aren't we lucky tae bide in Aberde(2016)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
.. Ye’r a guid loon really, aren’t ye?
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ee ye, Bobby. Ye're in there, aren't ye?" on page 29
yins. An you're a good bairn, aren't ye?'' on page 75

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“But surely the fundies aren’t capable of something on t
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'We aren't, This is espionage.' on page 21

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
"The boys aren't being charged?' Addison's m on page 56

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
der wi' the crackin' gadgies, aren't ye? Aye, ye are! on page

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Research Agency addressed tae Aren Church at ma address. Tried t(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
at that muckle gap! Hence, we aren’t part of sooth, anyroad! Ev(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An yer richt aboot thon, aren't ye? It's nae onie o mine, on page 18
Bit glesses aren't the ainlie thing, on page 53

2 matches

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