A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'topic'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
topicOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12719
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31 5 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 7
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 topic 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.

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
t which. So, onywye, the hale topic is jist anither thing filled
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
time Jonsar met onybody the topic wis the same. "It's the worst
topic wis the fuel protesters. The
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
litate the following tutorial topic - ‘Menstruation as matter o (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
us tae scrieve a poem on the topic o unlikely freenships. My eff on page 3

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@200Buss Yir going aff topic. ??(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oot Sikhism which is oor next topic in R.E. Wan ae the things ah on page 14

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
oot Sikhism which is oor next topic in R.E. Ah thought it wis goo
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
. He wid never dance around a topic. He wizni so much shy or simp
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
bridisation wisna, hooever, a topic tae be approached wi a fiftee
bridisation wisna, hooever, a topic tae be approached wi a fiftee
don’t suppose it’ll be a topic of conversation for long.”
t was maybe a rather delicate topic.”
4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n tae chinge the conversation topic. "Are ye-are ye fond-ae-ae du on page 23

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
son, awfy keen tae chynge the topic o conversation. "Are ye-keen on page 22

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n, cause there wis nae hotter topic in British an warld diplomati on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
subject, ony chairacter, ony topic. on page 44

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
for information on a specific topic. The Centre is supportit in t on page 6

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
legislator didna reveisit the topic, binna ti redd up the legisla on page 24

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
afore. The referendum was the topic o conversation across the cou
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
Soons lyke a fair interesting topic - onie chaunce ye cid gies a(2018)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
erity wi her thumbs. A’m aff topic. COME TAE MA TALK. #scotslang(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
itcks an as thon is ae muckle topic for parliamentin I Scotia noo(2020)
irmci @aeonmag Theology not a topic for wee sma hours, with no sl(2020)
sicht... please speak tae the topic urgently!!!! The sovereign pe(2020)

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