Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'attempted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

attempted	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.3	11	10
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.3	3	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 attempted in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
a serious TV drama that even attempted tae represent the real langua
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eanan in id," but none o them attempted till explain e paper. on page 117

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Tamara attempted a wattery smile. on page 76

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Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
ke her husband and childer. I attempted to mak mair talk. Tho I gat n
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ough his mooth. Eence mair he attempted tae think aboot hame and the
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General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
rs at the Jerry ships as they attempted a landin in the bey. There wi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
felt fur the guy and ah soon attempted tae calm Aldo doon. on page 43

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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ither tongues that hiv ivver attempted at gainin a national or inter
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
one five years in Brixton fur attempted murder’’
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
winge ay frustration that wis attempted tae be masked in affection. on page 3

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
anin in eet," but nane o thum attempted tae explain th paper. on page 120

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