A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ngs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ngsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.3846
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 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
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) 153.7 3 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 70 7 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 1308.2 72 2

Occurrences of ngs in Corpus

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
gs upo fower legs, or haes wíngs, is a freend. And mind an-aa
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
he same load o shairn tae the ngs. An it wis nae bother for the on page 57

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
figure it bae coontin tha rïngs in tha wuid,” sayed John,
thur’s mair nor a hunner rïngs oan this yin brench its lane!
aed hunners o fine wee age rïngs.
3 matches

General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
n Steidin Layoot tha NSCM brïngs thegither tha on page 3

7 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ie yer offerin ïn. Soart thïngs oot quïck wi yer enemie that on page 5
w God rin eftèr aa these thïngs, but yer heivenlie Faither ke on page 7
els know hoo tae gie guid thïngs tae yer weans, hoo much mair on page 8
ye that ye hae kep these thïngs frae clivir an warliewise fow on page 9
e Yin haes daen wunnèrfu thïngs for me, an Halie ïs hïs nam on page 70
Also on pages 72, 73, 74, 76, 78, 81, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 111, 112
69 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ye dinnae, or ye pit doon thïngs that irnae richt, ye cud be t
ye dinnae, or ye pit doon thïngs that irnae richt, ye cud be t
ae tak pairt, or pit doon thïngs that irnae richt, ye cud be t
3 matches

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