A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

The word 'mole'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
moleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 mole 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.

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Dae yi hiv a birthmark or mole? on page 15

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
r an she caaed the 'mouse' a 'mole'? An myn fin ye gied er yer a on page 51

1 matches

General Northern

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
rn rimmed glasses and a hairy mole at the side of her chin she w
e numbers and letters tae the mole , lower and upper was the onl
Efter aboot five meenits the mole came roon and took aff the bi
he gestured, ah could see the Mole bent ower a table that held a
and on with the bib went the Mole, Mengele turned awa tae the g
5 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ame, but he'd a monster hairy mole oan his chin. on page 58

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ck and white, and a wee black mole on the padded underside, just
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
rdie, that nicht, put ae deed mole
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
t burrowin ootwards lik a wee mole, an Da shoutit:
1 matches

Web Analytics