A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'foreigners'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
foreignersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.484
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 foreigners 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.

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Fuckin Foreigners on page 31
'Why are aa the foreigners so fuckin ugly?' on page 33
d Brexit tae be clear o these foreigners aawye. on page 37

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
Ma faimlie in England'll be foreigners on page 142

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wis a bittie suspicious o the foreigners, but Bristed tellt him they w on page 26

2 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
beat aw the baddies an aw the foreigners an maintained richt British s on page 23

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
storie o the Scots nation fir foreigners, or Scots fowk wha dinna ken on page 84

1 matches

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