A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sacks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sacksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3114
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 49.6 8 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sacks in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he laft an hide ahin the corn sacks. They'll niver be neen the wi
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
aries lowpin ower the waas wi sacks an shovels tae gang awa wi th
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
The newcomers brocht boxes an sacks o fuid, some o it labellit in
suin got hissel wark unloadin sacks o vegetables an cairryin thai
knurly ruit as he hystit the sacks ontae his back, an the neeps
had enlistit halp tae cairry sacks o fuel briquettes an buckets
s, bit than she mindit on the sacks o meal an new-kilt hens that
8 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Fiddle hidden under the coat, sacks ay corn sailin away. A vague on page 3

1 matches

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