A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'options'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
optionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42820
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 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 options in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
can still be fun as een o da options fir sicn naems idda modren Sc on page 47

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an his faither wis aat he hid options; an although it'd bin a gweed on page 95

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
dna really thocht afore aboot options like thon – life wi his fai
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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
alcony of Geneva', ye hae twa options. Ye can either hike up the ha on page 5
chain, even has savory waffle options sic as maet, cheese an vegeta on page 14
ies ye the fear, aire's ither options. Ilka 'ear, local an internat on page 17

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
tus quo in terms of political options. The present political option (2020) twitter link
gets hoofed fan there’s nae options tae play in midfielders and w (2020) twitter link
Absolutely, I mean fit ither options wis there tae wear wi yir den (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
ast and a puckle breakfast as options(2020)

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ause Jenny wes rinnin through options in her heid on hoo she micht on page 88

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
al at the fort - wayin up ma options at the minute - but a wee do (2020) twitter link
n industry - theyve got twae options noo - man up wae eer hard ha (2021) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
in here tryin tae work oot ma options, but they're lookin kinna lim on page 102

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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
exts that includit 3 Scottish options) but it gied us mair folios a
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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
it is ane-tae-ane. Ye get twa options an that's it. This is present on page 31

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Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
platit his - gey leemitit - options. He cudna keep trampin the ro
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Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
em’s packin which limits ma options fairly much tae
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
is an we follie oan, aw other options noo redundant.
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General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
idhlig, the vauriation in the options available in GME in saicondar on page 34

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
Gàidhealtachd Options
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Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, promisin tae leuk at aw the options includin a licensin scheme ta
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
al ootcomes an best political options are can be done through the s
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Bidin wi jist the fower main options, these can be unnerstuid in t
rsettin nor either o thae twa options.
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
site taks ye tae mair an mair options an sairches that braiden inti
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