A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'contrast'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
contrastOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12721
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 contrast in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
teal pattrind an plain purple contrast. Crimplene wis the order o th on page 99

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Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
casting, Glaswegian Scots, by contrast tae the Orkney or Shetland va
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
haes a 3-wye contrast system wi dis / yun / dat wha on page 63
contrast, an mair laek da Spanish 3-wy on page 64
a wirld. Dis maks da question contrast wi da wye at on page 90

3 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
range of uses. Languages, in contrast, have grammar rules and a wid
Miller points oot at da contrast atween dialect an language on
Contrast Koen Zondag’s comment on bi
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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
last suimmer licht" is sic a contrast tae the life o the miner, an
1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Man, whit a contrast tae ma life-style nou... on page 133

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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
In contrast, the glossy National Cultural
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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
north of England. This is in contrast to direct borrowing from othe
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ar an’ those frae Wales, in contrast wi’ the pair English kids w
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s modren male. That muckle in contrast tae the beirdit briganders an
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
stine an immaculate, in stark contrast tae the interior ay the van.
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Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ae heatin in the bedrooms! In contrast tae the cauld bedrooms, the l on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
l in emphasising the then-nou contrast) But noo.. But blessins (Ul. on page 61
In contrast, wirds like 'mi-ther's... tri on page 64

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sed historical identities. In contrast tae the Gaels, Lawland Scots on page 56

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
By contrast, A Dictionary of the Older Sc
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
nt/soond) featurs, set oot in contrast tae the staunart English o En
ert Scotticism. (In Scots, by contrast, the negative pairticles ‘n
2 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
eir bein on wi, diversity. In contrast tae mainstream Americae’s p
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@IshbelMcF tweeted
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South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The stars they sparkle, contrast the night on page 47

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
i the Ware (Spring) o 1961, i contrast tae the wuther i the warner c
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South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
facts speak fir thirsels. In contrast, in the same chapter, whaur w on page 84

1 matches

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