A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'minor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
minorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61513
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of minor in Corpus

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General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ages constitute a catalogue o minor catastrophes. Public buildins on page 118

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
l on Scotland’s strands wis minor indeed. Than mair nor iver we
1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
at least her wanderins wur so minor that neither she, nor her par
1 matches

West Central

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
first sign o tribble. Thus a minor political muive – say, the
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
F minor,C or G,”
1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in chauntin minor melodie. on page 56

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
slang for radio presenters an minor aristocracy... on page 3

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
nae conform tae the major and minor scales o classical muisic. Sh on page 62

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@Chazzbat tweeted
t three officers roughin up a minor is atrocious. They'd nae rich(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ment: he attacked the greed o minor offeicials in his day an drew
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
oot o Kirkcudbrightshire - a minor pynt mibbe. As MacDougall sta on page 84

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ie Asia Minor, the Crimea, on page 25

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General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ke o her oul motòr, a Morris Minor, an taen a wee keek intae tha
ithershins an her blak Morris Minor gaed wast. Conor tuk his aise
As tha blek Morris Minor trinnled owe tha braes, tha w
3 matches

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