A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'interesting'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
interestingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.74222
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
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
DOR - General Northern 48.8 11 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33.5 13 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 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)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of interesting in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@helen_dennison Interesting use of lang dere (2018) twitter link

@HazelTindall tweeted
@PromoteShetland Interesting - description o föshinless (2020)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
al and storm petrels are such interesting, awesome and mesmerising peer(2016)
gorgeous peerie birds. Really interesting to hear aboot them too https:(2016)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
thing. It's all about meeting interesting people without the mindless c on page 36

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
else’s screen kis it is mair interesting! https://t.co/rkRzTtdpS8(2018)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
, ‘deep dive’ etc - though interesting, this a recent phenomena, eve (2022) twitter link
last season. Line up will be interesting on Sunday as I think Goodwin (2022) twitter link
eRed83 The only thing that’s interesting aboot Cove is how they’ve ma (2022) twitter link
en Mcinnes and the players is interesting but I think it’s mair o them (2020) twitter link
last night, great album, very interesting artist (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@cligeey tweeted
@suzfirst Mair interesting if yer hungry(2020)
Esslemont Castle nae many interesting features left https://t.co/vh(2020)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
geey @drewstew62 @RobDrummond Interesting. If it has the ‘erse’ part (2020)
ing it then. Cheers, Michael. Interesting use of “Ken whit?” though. (2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"That was a really interesting piece you just read, Callum. on page 57

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@ashwilsonauthor interesting - point taken m8! (2021) twitter link
est here fae the 1934 club - interesting stuff lol - am in the 1956 c (2020) twitter link
@DalkeithCFC interesting indeed (2020) twitter link
@DicaculusManiac interesting angle on things on ur stateme (2020) twitter link
@EastScotlandFA interesting statement from brechin - esp (2021) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
or. Start biy thinking ov sum interesting qestyins yoo as a soshal wurk on page 41

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
” She fell quate. “It’s interesting, though, isn’t it?” Bill
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
me anyway. I find most things interesting: on page 2

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General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
'Mmm, an interesting image on page 61

1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
storic_Ally Soons lyke a fair interesting topic - onie chaunce ye cid (2018)

@jax6754 tweeted
hought you may find this book interesting tae read sometime. J X http:/(2015)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ster Calm doon! hahaha...very interesting tho!(2018)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
from_IT @LairnScots @Maxie_UK Interesting opinions - comin fae folk th(2017)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Or Hexham, it has interesting history stuff!! Mair than oth(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
aiblins nae mair interesting on page 77

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@StuartPoet tweeted
@Historic_Ally @ScotNational Interesting stuff. Oor parents were tauch(2020)

General Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
name is something a lot less interesting(2020)