A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'explains'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
explainsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92918
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 27.9 11 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of explains in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"An accoontant, eh? Aat explains a lot. Och, Vi, jist firget a on page 25

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
haal or ither. I suppose att explains it.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
He explains he comes fae the big tae at t on page 35

1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ts tae help save the bees, an explains a trick that ah masel hiv see
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
wa?" That's a Doocoot" ae lad explains. A'a at eence Jonsar Eck's mi
Explains Susie. Jonsar Eck wisnae affa
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
of course, had positives that explains the ‘rose tinted’ nostalgia (2020) twitter link
s absolutely a fair point and explains why, historically, there’s n (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
explains why i'm cooking boiled rice f(2011)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ips his champagne. "Well," he explains, "I've made quite a good livi on page 49
or he's goat a big cock" Aldo explains tae me. on page 65
"Ah said ah wis sorry, Aldo" explains a pleadin Craig. "He said "Th on page 74
"Well" Craig explains . "Tae Aldo, Santa's jist som on page 97
"Well" he explains "lit's jist say he's aboot ta on page 106
Also on pages 136, 180
7 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
til his beuk o Scots poetry, explains ti "posterity" aboot the leid
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
an ye staun on the mat,” he explains, an she catches a glint o the
ller aff o the Job Centre,” explains Mr Neilson throu the interpre
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the info - ur last sentence explains - itll b up to the eos when (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
y gave him two' - well, that explains whit he did wae the tarts, on on page 120

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
fway, raw with adrenaline. Eh explains the first song, starts it up, on page 3

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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s sense ah suppose. Certainly explains a few things. It’s an open
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
this in hur livin room, which explains why Isla grew up lovin hursel on page 119

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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
versitie degrees. Forby, this explains hoo the DFP isna awfu keen on
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@scotlit Explains the kinks ma husband went int(2017)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
tae invite her tae sit doon. Explains a lot. I thought her silence (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
t: "Na", he gulders oot, then explains the meanin o it! (2015) twitter link