A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'raisons'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
raisonsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52114
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
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) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of raisons in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Fir da sociohistorical raisons spokken aboot abün, as weel on page 20

2 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
tion that there’s hunners o raisons fit wey some fowk ar owerwech
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
id while noo syne, for health raisons, A wisnae able tae tend ony o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
she pyntit oot hou, for legal raisons, it wisna possible tae fund p
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
estaiblishes a nummer o guid raisons hou a buik on Scott maun be s
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
" said the Flunkie, "for twae raisons. Furst, I'm on the same side on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
If yer list o raisons tae stey on page 68

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
need o consolement. Gin these raisons arena eneuch, I will dedicate on page 7
I hae guid raisons tae think that the planet the on page 18
wee prince said tae himsel, 'raisons a bittie like my dottelt drou on page 48

3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
raisons, cinnamon, almonds, citrus, g on page 38

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
laddie. Aiblins Ah hae ma ain raisons.' An his scaudit face amaist on page 14

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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nt ane, houbeit for the wrang raisons, in the history o Scots – t
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
lière intae Scots by sindrie raisons that are catalogued by Bill F
euk tae a mixter-maxter o the raisons, gien abune, how sic a fowth
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
terial originally sneddit for raisons o linth. There’s material o
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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ur aal in bed!" Fur different raisons they aal moved awa, an Alice on page 32
id the Fitman, "an thur's twa raisons fur that. Furst, baecaas A'm on page 56

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
lie fur nummerin an screengin raisons.We dae this adae wi oor darg
e be pit throu fur heid-coont raisons. Tha Heid-coont Offys luks ef
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