Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lectric'

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Use in varieties of Scots

lectric	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.3	11	5
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)	102.5	2	1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	197	6	2
GUL - General Ulster	10	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	36.3	2	1

Occurrences of lectric in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
r that nooadays, mine, wi tha lectric yins. Ma granda, Johnnie Mado on page 8
et oot fur tae big thon hydra-lectric thaing doon thonner? on page 29

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
d as a gust o wind wafted the lectric bulb. "Ye tak yer time noo," on page 2
n the stairs. Leonard had pit lectric lichts throu'oot the hoose, b on page 10
kful fur ocht? If it's no the lectric streetlights, it's the tyre s on page 38

5 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Yin swutch haes lectric's age brocht in on page 1

1 matches

General Ulster

@HurchinHome tweeted
s, mind. Why not gaun till th'lectric?(2014)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Lectric (tha like o hainin haitèrs)
Sinn-pooert flatches fur lectric
2 matches