Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'metres'

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Use in varieties of Scots

metres	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.7	19	13
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	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	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.7	3	1
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	3
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 metres in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
sma the day: cheust a hunner metres a second. The yole chirps fae on page 23

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
ied me in flight for a hunder metres or so, keepan up wae the trac
1 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
l wi a race, say eicht hunder metres , hit taks whit, twa meenits?
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
n fae the wifie that sits twa metres awa fae her TV eight hours a
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
ant tae scrieve puddock stuil metres fir Ye diction that lowps fra on page 3

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Jackson_Carlaw 2 metres apart marching aboot for quee(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ould do that a agree - but 4 metres is fine by me if a can watch (2020) twitter link
s at a youth game recently 12 metres fae the touchline n got telt (2020) twitter link
aye the 4 metres from the touchline is a good (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
bbin them wan hundred an five metres through the big bliddy titani on page 163

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ng a maistery o the intricate metres an tonal nuances that disting on page 100

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
I wis jist twenty metres frae the dyke, an yet I saw n on page 83

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
nds later, he wis hoverin twa metres abuin the groond. on page 8

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
"Nae offence but see twa metres, on page 27

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
aces doon wi disinfectant Twa metres or a coo length awa frae ithe(2020)