A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'itself'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
itselfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62217
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 10
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 itself in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
pulation has decided tae hate itself.... (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
deed nothing to fear but fear itself. It's a good point, and Serve on page 58

1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
swallyin aa the time, gorgin itself lik a sheeptick till its hale on page 8

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
on white washing as an end in itself (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ttish roots. I think the name itself tells tha(2018)

(South) East Central

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
like ye will the end itself, not hunting fossils on page 87

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
en a new symptom ae the virus itself. Fuck knows, likes. But what on page 56

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Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
en a new symptom ae the virus itself. Fuck knows, likes. But what
1 matches

West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ublished but like the thistle itself, its wild seeds hae blawn in
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
me. Like a tsunami unleashin itself tae wipe an ill prepared city
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nly to be heard but to assert itself, and to assert through its ow on page 44

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
jist walked a' by itself on page 52

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ly articulate group which saw itself discriminated against by Parl on page 69

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
it's got itself oot o the claggy skin on page 107

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
lauched is the kittlin rubbed itself alang her fingers. She steeke
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
of ecosystems. The ecosystem itself can be named as the defendent
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
– it aw flipped and wrapped itself up tae make a space fir this
wee bit like it might unlock itself fae my face. We’ve been mar
2 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
as significant as theBig Vote itself. Bystanders have become organ
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
an just take one big fuck tae itself(2013)
that daft bird game can get itself tae fuck(2014)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
uld the information (sharing) itself change the course of the illn(2020)

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