A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'distinct'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
distinctOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83627
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.3 17 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
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 distinct in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
an Scots. He is still braali distinct language fae idder varieties on page 9
languages dis tribes spak wis distinct bit understaandable atween ee on page 14

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
r @Wattiejwattie I'm gettin I distinct feeling yi were diddled oot o(2019)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
different kind of discourse, distinct fae the London Westminster, n (2021) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rst millenia AD. They war the distinct fowk that emerged whan aa the
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(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Embro he spoke warmlie o the distinct identitie o the canton o Tici on page 5

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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wi something. Scots haes twa distinct wirds for this: "thole" (tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Yes we have a rich distinct dialect and accent, but it is
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West Central

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
Achilles heel; sae culturally distinct are we, sae different frae th
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hat Scottish culture ts quite distinct an gin ye're no fae here, or on page 75

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
very troublesome to retain a distinct notion of the changes that ha
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
at tails. There is always the distinct possibility that some ae his on page 10

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
eard it cross the fence,quite distinct – an fast – hhsssst – w
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
r though an ah’m gettin the distinct impression she’s no diggin
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ght enough. Ah’m gettin the distinct impression this interview’s
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General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
is," the auld wuman said oor, distinct, still haudin a gleg ee fixed on page 137

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Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
whaur ye hae the distinct thocht on page 30

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ittee taks tent o cries fur a distinct Gaelic curriculum. The Commit on page 37

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Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
is clearly identifiable as a distinct folkliterary lingo. (It admir on page 59

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
s' in our schools, creating a distinct strand of learning focused on on page 3

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
is a language which requires distinct and separate treatment from t on page 121

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
gage Award ettlin at makkin a distinct threid o lairnin focused on S
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McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ce thaim wi (twa relatit, but distinct, things).
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
the twa wirds are gey kenably distinct, wi sindry vowel soonds, and
sh Staunart English has monie distinct idioms and seyins, monie o wh
l the two apart” – as twa distinct leids.
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
” – but a wheen featurs o distinct Scots grammar forby: fae the
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
ur tae big it, are unjoukably distinct.
tae fowk makkin reference tae distinct dialects o the Scots leid, fa
2 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
ir ye leuk intae it, the mair distinct the languag(2018)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
c. Naither wad oor culture be distinct if it wisnae for Scots. We're (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Distinct wi' their Irish brogue on page 41

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Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
in its ain richt, separate an distinct frae English. Donald McInnes
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