Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'directed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

directed	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.9	13	8
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
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	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	24.2	2	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	58.1	1	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	98.5	3	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of directed in Corpus

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
some peerie voice inside him directed him forward. He limped onward
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
As directed she awytit the comin mornin l
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ke us in his line ae work. He directed us intae his office and start on page 17
n their puffs. Wur shamefully directed straight tae the back ae the on page 86

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n fack that resources maun be directed at the yaisers first. Gin sil
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Aw’ these admonishments wis directed , rightly, at the boys. The gi
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s yin. Especially when it’s directed at someboady who’s aboot ta
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Whae is eet directed tae?" said yin o th jurymen. on page 118

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Dickey, William Yarns 3 - Annual General Report, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, prose
eer in County Antrim, when he directed three films centred roon the
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
l, ye'd better come in then," directed Maisie, houlin Daniel's han a on page 2
"Git on an play noo, weans!" directed Maisie tae Daniel an Hughie. on page 39
"Stay whaurt ye are, dear," directed Grace. "We're aal femlie here on page 40

3 matches