A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'contain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
containOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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 contain in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
i scarcely could contain mesel till Patsy wid get wed. on page 73

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eee Haaaa," a roart, A coodna contain masel even tho thi heather jo on page 19

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
een o the stories aboot Aesop contain mythical interventions and le on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
obvious they're strugglin tae contain him. on page 110

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
amazing scenes - can hardly contain masel here lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
nae richt aunser. Thai baith contain a whein vyces ither nor that on page 116

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
o an Parker an they aw try an contain their laughter by sittin wi t on page 24

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
writing ma buik, an in it wid contain the truth and a deep lamentin on page 3

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
ck comes up but ah manage tae contain in mah cheeks like a squirrel on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
s no life A want that doesnae contain us. on page 89
We ken the rot yer souls contain, on page 104

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
Sae whit dis this buik contain? Likesay, it is stoundin in i on page 133

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ien Gaelic Langage Plans maun contain. In ither wirds, commitments
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
VI hissel. Monie o the poems contain reflections on the gowsterous
1 matches

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