A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'occasions'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
occasionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32118
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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 occasions in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
of the mothballs for special occasions. It adds a little something t on page 35

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
this. Mind you, on a couple o occasions I wiz nearly rumbled but each
though. Aifter that couple o occasions I became ultra careful tae hi
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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Such occasions as this wid normally be held on page 165

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Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
e best room except on special occasions. The muckle main room wis an
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Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ish aristocracy wear at state occasions). A feartie na mair, he heade
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West Central

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
euch tae meet Willie on a few occasions, but nae maiter whit level o
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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an on occasions eh huv spewed. on page 45

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'd jist get battert. On monie occasions twa or even three gamekeepers on page 83

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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t the singin an aa. He on twa occasions mairit French princesses —
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rly run oot ae road oan maire occasions than ah care tae remember. Ah
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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aft virgin n A dae on regular occasions. No a fuckin bully but - hat on page 6

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@johnstone_shane tweeted
ised but reserved fir special occasions ?? (2020) twitter link

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
There werenae monie occasions I can mind o when ocht oot th on page 23

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General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
Laird and Lady for important occasions. But with the passing of time on page 3

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
l Law an Wild Law, on raiglar occasions. Thare been week-en foregethe
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n “celebratin” on special occasions. Ower aften durin the referen
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
o ower a thoosand on several occasions tae his open air meetings. Ca

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
saivrel occasions and the fluir it praisent is
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
the late nicht! Unforgettable occasions!(2020)

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