A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lacks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lacksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3108
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 lacks in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
s lots back home. Whit Orkney lacks is trees." on page 10

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
chair nearest da fire, fur he lacks tae be waarm. I took him in m on page 31

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
eer - plays wi heid doon and lacks a fitba brain (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ch? Dae yae hink it's just he lacks a bit ae community spirit? Or on page 96

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
and quick feet. But he sorely lacks confidence. Fur he’s goat h
1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
Studies' in scuils. Yet Scots lacks statutory recogneition or pro
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
be in vain. Truth is he jist lacks that eye ae the tiger instinc
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
omes up with the goods but he lacks. . . substance, y’know?’
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
cairryin oot their functions, lacks ony positive direction and ad on page 25

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
is local, taxed fir only lacks on page 45

1 matches

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