A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'motions'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
motionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1179
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.1 7 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 motions in Corpus

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ta hell. I wis gaein trow da motions, desperate fur da competeeshi
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Wi Minnie, she gaed throw the motions. The quine wis weel-groomed,
the horse, he gaed throw the motions as weel. He wis a dairyman, n
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
eally: they'd gaen throwe the motions, thon wis aa. He kent tae, th
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ang throwe a puckle different motions tae get the same. But sayin t
1 matches

General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
er breath an mak the required motions as if yer actually haein a co
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wae aw the poncy art, eh?" He motions acroass the livin room walls. on page 136

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
motions that they haed tae, leavin Ga
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
r cross party groups to lodge motions, this particular one was lodg
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Motions tae Pairlament Allooed in Sco
ocedures Comatee speirin that Motions can be lodged in a language o
greed tae accep this sae noo motions tae the pairlament can be pit
Report an noo tae pit forrit motions in Scots. The fechts that hae
4 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
ae been passin Scots language motions an then forgettin aw aboot th
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
an wi twa fingers he made the motions o rinnin until they were safe
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
boot, fur fuck sake?’’ he motions dismissively wae his hands.
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wk. Her mither gaed throu the motions, for she aye myndit her maine on page 17

1 matches

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