Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'i-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

i-	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	0.3	1	1
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of i- 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.

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ene spells ‘plaet’ as P-L-I-T, as if hit rhymed wi ‘bit�
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy Its I-Con daday so Im aa geeked oo (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
o his beak, an set aff wi the I-pod deistin ahin
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
is laist nicht, hae a deek on i-player. Ma new favourite teach (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
deen aboot this aal maan ben-i-hoose? Mr Hustings unnerteuk t on page 30

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"When the bleeeooo of the ni-i-i - i-ight, on page 26

2 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
like waitin fur seconds tae T-I-C-K by. on page 7

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
contradick aither o thae faur-i-the-buik makars. Ian Nimmo Whi on page 120

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Meetings. A scholar whase far-i-the-buik lectures were the pri
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
K-I-S-S-I-N-G-EE... on page 63
y loadsa folk called her Lesb-i-an even though she wisnae wan. on page 126

3 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"I-it wis a skinny wee pale hing!
"I-I'll phone her and tell her sh
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Faur-i-the-buik, meticulous,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
raither blate wi her repone. "I-TI hardly ken, sir, the nouat on page 42
"I-I'm a wee lassie," said Alison on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
e, whan a clock-bee fell frae I-dinna-ken-whaur. He made an al on page 46

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
| "Ee-ers i-a i a-ors.' on page 23
sic a steer and stooshie and I-dinna-ken-whit ahint him, that on page 70
tae be a Splore or a Whit'll-I-dae-aboot-yon-thing-ye-ken. on page 160
topher Robin gey serious, 'if I-if I'm no jist - he stapped a on page 167

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
hae read in a lang time; faur-i-the-buik, mensefou, objective on page 132

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ift and the northart spreid o i-digraph spellins frae Norther
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
e Will be catchin it once oan i-player as travelling back tae (2014)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
of Hsin Ch’i-chi (1140-1207)
of Hsin Ch’i-chi (1140-1207)
2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ak reference tae, fur ae mair i-deepth study o the socio-econo
1 matches