A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'unlike'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
unlikeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44132
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 28.4 11 7
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 unlike 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.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
paekers - and the content is unlike anything that haes been publi on page 1

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A fine filla in fact, unlike some o his owld compadres on page 7

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
derjaw o a peedie fish – no unlike a troot fae the Harray Loch.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Brian hid fand Jude Anderson. Unlike his ain mither an faither, fo
s preists hid garrotted her…unlike the graceful body, the face w
2 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
..will hopefully sleep easy...unlike some rich fecks?? (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
s dinnae need tae be telt foo unlike trad wives fa rely on clesses
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
Unlike the other clesses in oor year on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ir an mair nerra. No entirely unlike my route ti the Nethergate, t on page 73

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
is well lookin the part. And unlike Craig's missus she doensae lo on page 79
a right gid storyteller. And unlike ma mum ah foond massel itchin on page 86

2 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e leid forerins the rule, but unlike a rule, the leid is impure an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
es includin Scots. Howanever, unlike maist ither endangered minori
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a total fyke aboot his food, unlike some ither pedigree pooches,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
idnae hae much fun aboot them unlike Sannie and Jim.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
kespearian form of English - unlike Scots - is never used as a c
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
theyll provide plenty sparks unlike your radio station thats noth (2021) twitter link
hen without any hesitation - unlike half the scots who couldnae m (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ent beauty as an iceberg, but unlike the iceberg she hus naethin u on page 3

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
Unlike oorsels on page 41

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Ane o the men, unlike his peers, wis unshair o the on page 98

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
air distantly tae Gaelic; but unlike thir tungs, Cornish dee'd oot on page 107

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
™s wounds wis mendin cleanly. Unlike the ithers, wha were stertin
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
twenty men mid-party, though unlike a perty a' central belt day d on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Unlike the fitty-shillingland o Toun on page 50
sel wi her dark memories; but unlike the wee Ponesk Burn, the Ayr on page 70

2 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - MacCaig’s draucht oan the waa, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A poem, unlike the braith o a priest,
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
her and pyocher It wis a ouff unlike ony he had smelled afore. It on page 33

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
urnt tae plural bi eikin - s (unlike Soothron whaur the - ves endi on page 26

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ellectual airmour o the leid. Unlike wi a puckle ither fields, the
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
byordinar tae mak her claith unlike onything a mere mortal cud we
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Weill, unlike thae countries, we dinna hae
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
Unlike Scottish Staunart English, Sc
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@GethincJones Thanks! So your unlike this wee Scottish lassie! Hee(2014)
o heard fae you since. And so unlike you! Jac xxx(2015)

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
. Sowt's no richt, but, cause unlike the Scots version, it's jist (2018)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
news. Poor man had no choice, unlike the law-breaking Tories. John (2022) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
t tae get electit 9 times.... unlike his favourite fitba team Murd (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ights on ti help the team oot unlike yow #cjcheckouteaston(2012)