A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'improve'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
improveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52521
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of improve in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
thing he saa – and it didna improve his mood – wis the tabby ca
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Improve his shinan tail, on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
rt, piece o advice sae as tae improve aathing we dae. This yin cam
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
phagus cancer. Sae foo can we improve the state o oor population’
1 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
Noo, can ye improve on perfection? Weel, nae usua
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
my face wull improve, her face winna.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
gning a centre back that will improve us greatly (2021) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
t appearance for her so micht improve. You (2020)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
cheenge. An gin things dinnae improve they'll only get waur. Fer at on page 91
, hae a richt go at tryin tae improve things in Europe as a haill. on page 141

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ah’m in desperate need tae improve ma oxygen levels ah’ve spra
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
How does the little crocodile Improve his shinin tail, on page 19

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Improve his shiny tail, on page 18

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wantit tae wark in Berlin tae improve ma German that I wis studyin on page 14

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
s wan o' the easiest ways tae improve on page

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
use for tae enrich, kittle an improve the texts we mak. on page 37
tae writin in Scots, ye will improve whit ane wirks best for you. on page 42
icht for thaim that wants tae improve thair wrutten or spoken Scots on page 52

3 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An tone improve, lat him no err on page 61

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ence frae Scotland could also improve democracy in ither pairt o th
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
aise o the languages but also improve oor national confidence as fo
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Wad a splash o' Brut improve yer chances on page 14

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Improve heis gleamin tail, on page 18

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Improve haes shinin tal on page 19

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
doon tae Carnalbanagh for tae improve yer Ulster Scots vocabulary, (2016) twitter link