Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'combination'

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Use in varieties of Scots

combination	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.2	24	16
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	3
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee	53.1	5	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	15.1	3	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	4
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 combination 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
That wis a lethal combination which led tae rampant fornica on page 77

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
So wae dae wir best wae a combination o phonetic spaelleens an rely on page 8

1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
rie oppeneen, affricates ir a combination o a stop an a fricative; appr on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
weed or the vodka or mibbie a combination ae baith, but ah'm startin ta on page 21
Or, in Aldo's case, a deadly combination ae baith. Efter he seeminly t on page 101

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
y. The twa o them were a shan combination, Davie thocht. The buffert lo on page 91

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e wyce, she hauds thegither a combination o mense and brio that shoud m on page 97

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e it afterwards, it wis lik a combination ae rotten fruit an chicken ta on page 90

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bein driven bi thon peculiar combination o entitlement an preevilige t on page 10
estminster see the warld. The combination o ignorance an arrogance that on page 77
that it wis brocht aboot bi a combination o bribery an threats. This is on page 80
Vigil on Regent Road, a loose combination o fowk that had turnit their on page 106

4 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
le nicht an in the mornin the combination o cauld an exhaustion had got on page 42

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
juist hae had a gey byordinar combination o features, or been ill-made,
juist hae had a gey byordinar combination o features, or been ill-made,
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
playin Tupac n Big L, 'Deadly Combination: Am no smokin any dope before on page 44

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
it up, finally, press the wee combination in an on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
too feart tae dae anythin. A combination ay baith, ah suspect. The acc
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
r screive in Gaelic, or hae a combination o these skills. Puckler fowk on page 6

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
Ither combination o skills.
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n tae say o Scots that ‘the combination of long, flat vowels and gutt
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
nal twa), but raither ken the combination o soonds and whit it means as
en the Gaelic, ye jist hear a combination o soonds that ye syne mell th
2 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
. Scots I love. Whit a joyful combination!!! ???? https://t.co/hf6qCwqL(2019)