Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'canteen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

canteen	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.1	20	9
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	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	46	10	1
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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 canteen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
group nae bad loon, I ken the canteen well fin a sell ma doos on a (2015)

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
doon the corridor towards the canteen so we thocht we wid be safe.
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Leaves, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
them intae an auld un-yeesed canteen o cutlery - a waddin present on page 23

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
Oma bourachin frae a nearhaun canteen graithin tae maet an airmy la on page 3

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
fternoon ah wis sittin in the canteen wi Harpreet an Harpreet's big on page 28
ps that time she came tae the canteen wi me, an ah've jist always f on page 47
ae eat ma packed lunch in the canteen, she said, If you want tae go on page 48
Ah wis in the canteen wi Harpreet an Navdeep when C on page 49
Oor school's won canteen ae the year, ootae aw the sch on page 87
Also on pages 101, 127, 158, 169
10 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ok his time tae look roun the canteen whaur they were sittin, then on page 47
sip or three o coffee in the canteen whan the OIM burst in an shou on page 50
the o1m had brocht up fae the canteen. This wis agin aw standart pr on page 52

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
y. They were mairched tae the canteen , whaur they sut in silence ti
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
y ginger n sandwiches oot the canteen. The nuts n crisps must huv b on page 58

1 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
It ran fae by the canteen door, on page 20

1 matches