A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'layers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
layersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62215
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 2
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of layers in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s is me new freend" - an the layers in "freend" isno ferly clear on page 83
Astrid - touchan trou seiven layers o waakan claes - an leuks ap on page 107
an graabs her claes, waantan layers atween her spacer skin an Dar on page 111

3 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Layers o shaadows strobe owur um on page 148

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
me neow freend” – an the layers in “freend”
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
a douce blue-grey sky wi saft layers o clood, an a brief wash o pi
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
o da layers at sho's wearin; rowes on page 98

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
millions o years in their layers on page 5
Aa the same in bold, textured layers o pint on page 33

2 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
g fae obliterating history - layers every time. Redefine, turn th (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
joggie bottoms. Means aw the layers heat up. Ave seen maself oot on page 16

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
rent conversations wi yirsel, layers. Thirr's the narrative, yir l on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
chipboard hoardin, thick wae layers ay illegible graffiti apart f
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ost faws aff ay the leaves an layers a dustin oan ma shoulders an
s wae familiarity. Horizontal layers ay grey smoke hang in the air
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tain. He raked through aw the layers, but his wee sister wis naewh on page 102

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
blue colour. The'r twa-three layers tae this warld, stertin aff w
1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wi layers o nylon nettin jaggin ma hurd
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
s thegither first, syne added layers o bigger anes, tae he wis sha
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a hail mixter- maxter o multi-layers. The journalist / narrator's on page 87

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hit mine hazy in the unfoldin layers o dairkness. The sweat o chil on page 9

1 matches

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