A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'visible'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
visibleOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52520
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 35.9 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 visible in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
nchers, maet an spoot is only visible trou a microscopp, but tae Ø on page 27

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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
nd appear in unlikely places, visible and vulnerable close tae buil
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
questions haes a visible subject: on page 93

1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Barely visible on page 8

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Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
hat the dark itsel had turned visible. An yet ower by the bed a bit
1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ath a clump o rowans, an just visible in the half-licht. A rabbit r
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
. The torches they cairit war visible fae the clachan ablo.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Yet no lush prospect's visible to ... midgets. on page 31

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pink shirt which is probably visible fae the International Space S on page 169

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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
tell the boay, tae Danny’s visible horror. ‘’And ah dinnae k
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
and no social distancing were visible and there was more than 6 peo (2020) twitter link

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
rate bawbaggery an c) keep ye visible oan my feed whether I soft bl (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Cossack Jock were nou plainly visible. But naebody was watchin that on page 94

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Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s a domino. And the only hing visible in this darkened oot hallwey
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e standard wee unhappy worker visible through the windae. Aonghas c on page 3

2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
is neb an thick-lasht een wur visible inside the bundelt cotton, wo
1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
back ae the enclosure wisnae visible fae the ootside. Then, as if
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Barely visible in the rapidly encroachin dar
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay clouds above us, partially visible through the hazy canopy like
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
patches ay white scar tissue visible through his hair, dotted aboo
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General Central

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
ed yiss o Scots as a valid an visible means o communication in aw a on page 5

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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
ough anely the cropmerks were visible, as the moonds hae been ploue
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
is? That they see o the maist visible an active pairts o the state
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@Chazzbat tweeted
it an shoot him while he wis visible, ya fuckin eejit?! #TheInvisi(2020)

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