A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'blend'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blendOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 15.5 6 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 blend in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Dey can blend i da waeve wi wir shuttle o s on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
dat, an braali shün cam tae blend in we dir neebirin Germanic t on page 14

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
atween da twa, blend colours, set on page 38

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
, frozen in time – it’s a blend o past an present. So, of cou
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
He'd come ti a blend o rouchness and grace. on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ha'd lairnt tae spik a cantie blend o English an Scots when she c
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
kgrund o mock tartan in A New Blend of Scots an similar-like a re
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
dialogue in the new "Scottish Blend" tea advert.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
s an thon advert for Scottish Blend tea haes revertit back tae an
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
at gear fir that yin so a kin blend in wae the greenerie lol (2020) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A frame o mind that dizzna blend on page 80

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oices an’ instruments would blend,
1 matches

General Central

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
reat fur ye - it's a special blend. Aye, mebbe it's a wee bit bi on page 59

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ensed grocer's whisky liqueur blend, wi the artwork o a firm lang on page 72

2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
lin itsel up. ‘Helps us tae blend in,’ he explained.
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
If I still blend yer veg, embarrass ye when ye
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
we bit watter in a blender an blend! Brown chops, en cuvver wae s(2020)

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