A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'descendants'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
descendantsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2147
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 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 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
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 descendants in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
orth of England that hiv thur descendants the day in drama like Happy V
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
h Aald English (spokken bi da descendants o da Jutish settlers), da Was on page 14
sam form øsed baith wyes. Da descendants o Northumbrian Aald English, on page 45
irt fae Wast Norwegian an its descendants Icelandic an on page 85

6 matches

(South) East Central

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Accompong an ye can talk tae descendants o the Maroons; rebel slaves w
the sunlight. Can ye imagine descendants o William Wallace’s armies
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
becam Scrymgeour an Carron's descendants becam the Earls o Dundee. A'v on page 20

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e’s also the issue of their descendants ...” she sayed, giein him a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
t run their cafes, ye had the descendants o the Irish that had come owe on page 23

2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ar nor Brusi deed first, thir descendants wuld inherit twa pairts oot o on page 14

1 matches

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