Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'essence'

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Use in varieties of Scots

essence	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.9	13	11
ORK - Orkney
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	7.3	3	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 essence in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d doctor. "But tact is of the essence when dealing with delicate ma
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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
's weel seen that this is the essence o TS Law an his wark. He is s
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Scots isna aboot reality, essence , truth, an ainership. Scots i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
his hichtened awaurness o the essence o life. Like Jimmy when he wi
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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
time is o thi essence on page 99
essence o life, on page 113

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
micht be cried the 'distillit essence o community experience'. Nou on page 10

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Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
yer ain essence on page 21

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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
main door. It’s rain sodden essence seems tae absorb any exuberan
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General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
n me for somethin that is, in essence, yer ain fault.' on page 49

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the essence o thae gifts the Three Kings on page 38

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
nae exist athoot the ither in essence." Houaniver, they wis concern on page 13

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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
y 'for many, golf carries the essence of national identity'. on page 84

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