Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'capable'

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Use in varieties of Scots

capable	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.7	25	17
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.5	1	1
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	2
DUN - Dundee	42.5	4	1
EDN - Edinburgh	43.8	7	3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	6
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 capable in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
got the chance tae prove hoo capable I wis. on page 30

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
capable o killan this on page 88

1 matches

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
I dinna think yun man's even capable o it tbh.(2021)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
goodness sake are you lot nae capable o semi intelligent discourse. (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Nane o that lot are capable o stringing a sentence thegit
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
building in the world that is capable of turning three hundred and on page 162

1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tate is ane o the few wappins capable o matchin the pooer o the cap
so the smawest possible state capable o implementin Socialism or ev
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ound. The SNP micht nivver be capable o bein a true radical pairty on page 9
us hae a wee thocht? Jist hou capable are these fowk o daein onie j on page 10
canna be monie talentit Scots capable o rinnin things. This flees i on page 74
doot ava that we are mair nor capable o rinnin oor ain economic aff on page 127

4 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
wir leid's futur shair is in capable hauns!"
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
mate is braw, and it’s weel capable o hairsts fouthie eneuch tae
a teuch maister, haed been a capable fermer, but o late he haed dr
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t surely the fundies aren’t capable of something on that scale? I
deefferent. Nusiret micht be capable o pu’in aff an escape ona s
nastiness that only humans is capable o.
it wis his. He thocht she wis capable o faitherin anither man’s b
4 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
I on ma road noo? Me actually capable o thon for real? Seriously? T on page 134

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e, its climate is guid, it is capable o providin feed in fouth tae on page 6

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
You'll find a prince mair capable ae giein ye a save, on page 72

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Isla's mair than capable o anyhin she puts hur mind ta on page 12

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ts hus been - is aye jist as capable o bein - a leid o state and on page 4

1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
lSeaGlass Aye bit Scrooge wis capable a learnin fae hes mistakes!(2020)