A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sïx'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sïxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.9234
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 180.1 18 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 90.8 5 2

Occurrences of sïx in Corpus

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General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
Twa Thoosan an Sïx on page 1
sïx. Throch tha twalmond we haed on page 3

15 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
Sïx heid airts fur hannlin haes b on page 4
-docht leids. The' faa unnèr sïx foremaist heids: on page 14
ut o airts fur hannlin unnèr sïx heid owercums: on page 23

3 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Whan Lïzbeth wus sïx month gane, God sent tha ange on page 70
wus shut up for thrie yeir an sïx month, an thair wus a bïg hu on page 76
e sayed tae tha fowk, "Ye hae sïx days tae dae aa yer wark. Cum on page 93
ot for tha vïllage o Emmaus, sïx or seiven mile frae Jerusalem on page 111

4 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ur yin, gin thar’s mair nor sïx fowk in yer hoosehaud they’
1 matches

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