A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bearer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bearerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.177
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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)
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 bearer in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
an his poseetion as an office bearer in the kirk that ain o his ma
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
He noticed that his standart bearer wis himsel in the very thick on page 20

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ll sair an killt the standart bearer. Anither man tuik up the flag on page 14

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ae haund is furst ae staunert bearer syne anither fell veectim tae on page 63

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Potemkin Pairty, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
nary thrangs o fowk hail this bearer o the reid baunner as gin he
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Union o Students (NUS) office bearer, Murphy gart a vote fir the N
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
The bearer twirls her earrings an gowd b on page 42

1 matches

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