Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'television'

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Use in varieties of Scots

television	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	19.9	66	19
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	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	17.1	7	4
WCE - West Central	26.6	6	2
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	56.5	43	6
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	10	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of television in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
, ah tried tae be a #Grampian Television news reader bit ah wis telt a(2020)

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
o tea droon the din o daytime television, on page 70

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(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ment information films on the television, telling you when to hide und on page 86

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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
oke the Doric. We didna hae a television in thaim days. I suppose we h
1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
ibiotic (French, frae Latin), television (French, frae Greek and Latin
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
areer in theatre, wireless an television . Amang his mony pairts wis th
the first live performance on television o a body takin the pairt o Je
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
nt community radio, community television an wabsteid-castin forbye. Th
he breardin o local community television no faur awa an the inclusion
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hrough his tea in front o the television. He looked a richt eejit and on page 29
. Mr Wormwidd switched on the television. The screen lit up. Mr Wormwi on page 32
r tea as usual in front o the television, a voice came loud and clear on page 37
d fried chip, and ignorin the television, her brain set tae work on aw on page 50
wis waitin she could hear the television skirlin awa inside. on page 86

5 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
The television an’ the radio
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he air, on baith radio an the television, This wis mainly doon tae the on page 48

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nor television an nor will aw the new fangli on page 11

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
gied us the modren warld. The television , telephone, penicillin, logar
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On television, supposed tae be reality on page 101

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
"An television," said the teacher, "wae a ca on page 114

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ous eejits no see I'm watchin television?" he said crabbitly. "Ye're p on page 39
evecheid! He's the yin that's television daft!' on page 65
Teeveeheid. 'I want tae watch television.' on page 135
'Is there no a Television Chaumer in aw o this lot?' sp on page 137
The Television-Chocolate Chaumer on page 142
Also on pages 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153
37 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
mes Scots appears on radio or television it tends tae be hained in tae on page 12

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
e aspects o modren life throu television, film an its increasin popula on page 3

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ns are growein up. Ane is the television in the wean's bedroom. Wirkin on page 9

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
d ony mair for an by theatre, television , literature or poetry,
• provide mair television an radio programmes in Scots.
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Dugdale gied an interview on television . It wis haird tae hear whit s
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ffect that a single half 'oor television programme cud hae on the hale on page 46

2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Ano coorse the television, on page 53

1 matches