A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'occasional'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
occasionalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92317
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of occasional in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
An occasional peep in the liveen room bit h on page 60

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
efy categorisation. There are occasional flashes o hilarious rudeness, on page 1

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
'Bully whisperer. Occasional exorcist. Postman'. on page 7

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
€™s, the ‘thee’s, and the occasional ‘thine’s – that well up
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Dir even da occasional dunter's nest. I can nivver u on page 91

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ng silence, broken only by an occasional exclamation o "Hjckrrh!" fae on page 92

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
sky glesses makin rims on her occasional tables; or he wid sit at his on page 94

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
e rammies, sporadic fechts an occasional trade went on atween the fowk
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
is written in English wi the occasional Scots turn o phrase the likes
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
g thorn, strangle fig and the occasional sausage tree. His presence ca
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
istence that Tam Cowan an the occasional wird on River City coont for
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
impossibly still besides the occasional twitch ae a grey whisker. Haz
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
or pigeons an even takkin the occasional deer there wis naebody in the on page 82

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
fy long silence, broken bi an occasional exclamation ae "Hjckrrh!" fae on page 94

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the whole wiy, the occasional biscuit passed roon, the odd on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
faws oer the place, just the occasional cough or shout ay encourageme
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
vague recognition or gie the occasional monosyllabic acknowledgement,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
full orchestral backin an the occasional Scotch comic turn fae the Mus on page 16
nly seen an played wi, but an occasional Wehrmacht helmet that wis muc on page 23

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
with outbreaks of smirr, the occasional hoolie, on page 8

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A hear the occasional BUUUURP fae the auld boy ower
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
with outbreaks of smirr, the occasional hoolie,
1 matches

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