A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'following'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
followingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.34023
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 19.6 6 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of following in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da following nicht Jeemie wis niver laek t
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The following day a shot Rob wid hae At hin on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The following drama involves ma lang-suffer on page 50

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n her an aal witch. Early the following mornin Mabel beeriet Catty ab
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fit! Yer freens are nae following doric phrases Fit on yird are(2014)
ame Translates as: Thanks fur following appreciated oot i' interest f(2015)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
tend tae use Twitter mair for following celebs, and for funny things, (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
dicrous if the funeral is mid following week. (2022) twitter link
land gaining independence and following a project of blind isolation (2022) twitter link
Uni, I had tae facilitate the following tutorial topic - ‘Menstruat (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Of course on his visit the following Friday he telt us that he had
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nder 20s games - i have been following the youth games from under 13 (2020) twitter link
from tollcross afc in glasgow following me now - welcome aboard guys (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ordon Highlanders Regiment - Following the evacuation of Dunkirk, we on page 76

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sparklin’ wines. Hence the following, which needless tae say wis a
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
The following spring, juist as the last o t on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
refer to Scottish Gaelic. The following period in the development of on page 15

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
y the hand, an wi Jack at ten following on behind we walked a mile an on page 120

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
orted noo Kitty... I'm on the following, and getting back tae near no (2023) twitter link
t "For you" And on the right "Following" I noticed mine was on For Yo (2023) twitter link
... I've changed a setting to following, and it seems to have worked? (2023) twitter link
noticed on my home page, my "Following" has reverted back to "For yo (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier been following since comin tae twittee. @Com(2014)
last nicht....even booked fir following week tae, no pain no gain!???(2015)
@TheJoshuaGould Thanks fir following me Josh! Huggggggssssss tae y(2015)
Pasquale @ComeCoachWithMe Now following! Huggggssss tae awe this week(2015)
Nope! Even though you stopped following me! An am an East Coast lassi(2015)
and 2 other occurrences.

@MartinBroon tweeted
could fuck Us over again the following year, but We wur too good aga(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
accountable too. "I was just following orders" willnae wash. (2022) twitter link
Dinnae get this either Pedro. Following these threads is like unknoti (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
@castlvillageman Immediately following the Brexit vote, the number o (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
adopt the following meesures: on page 25

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
The following Thursday, she took me doon th
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
Following my mum's trusty feedback, "Co(2020)