A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'referred'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
referredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62217
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 15.8 12 9
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 referred in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
idda class. Noo an agein d'ir referred tae as adjectives, bit da dif on page 61
is øsed whin da entity bein referred tae isna a parteeclar een, as on page 62
nt (quantity) o entities bein referred tae. Shaetlan haes on page 65

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
re tae the hairth. Ma aunt ay referred tae her man as ‘the maister
1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
iz spelt different because it referred tae "world championships." I (2019)

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
s in there, efter whit ma maw referred tae as "a severe episode wi m on page 102

1 matches

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
obert’ as eez kent an often referred tih.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eflection each time they were referred to.’ I mysel fund it uissfu
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
e was that one time where you referred to him as 'Stepdad on page 10

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
19708 the boays in the baund referred tae it as "gaein doon tae Sha on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
sed unner ilk o the saictions referred tae abuin is intendit tae ass on page 55

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Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
cultural conters and tyauvins referred tae airlier cam tae the fore on page 60

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
c as tae whilk senate is bein referred tae. A quick search o SENAT i on page 18

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Dictionary ar the maist aften referred til. on page 4

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Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
p a aefauld grammar at can be referred til as a foond for a exposito
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
something byordnar acause he referred us tae the ‘Men of Jugement
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
that mony haes affen wrangly referred tae the Treaty o Union as the
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
-east) England, which is also referred tae as ‘RP (Received Pronoo
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
ou”. At nae pynt is gender referred tae.
en [Greek god o mairriage]’ referred tae in poem 49.
arly the same ‘buik’ jist referred tae in poem 85. Specifically,
3 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
inburgh an Christina Aguilera referred tae hersel as a 'radge wee mi(2019)

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