A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'risks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
risksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3119
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 risks in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
ngeen (an no beelongeen). Hid risks teu fetishaisan langwachis la
1 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
li lats fokk pick ee language risks da data bein skewed bi no gie on page 19

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ften as no, It's no worth the risks they tak. on page 112

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
that she wis yaised wi takin risks. “Thoo’s ne’er worriet
in there wis nae daith-defyin risks for thaim tae lauch daith-def
2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
aobabs isna weel kent, an the risks that fowk rin gif they are ti on page 24

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
an owersettin it word-bi-word risks ye passin ower muckle o whit on page 41

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Miggins Duh! There are always risks in every adventure. a dinnae (2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
. Mon @scotgov given the real risks involved here, hoozaboot it? (2020)