A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'workers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
workersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43822
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 87.3 7 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of workers in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
fectively a commuter belt for workers in the Toon, and many o these
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
sess the integrity that these workers, these craftspeople deserve.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ine man and affa good tae his workers on the estate. His son wiz at
€™s policy it wiz tae gie his workers a good wage. A rare sentiment
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e job oor @AberdeenCC cooncil workers hiv dane aat Victoria Gairden(2017)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the workers they got lined up,
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
focht for you, the sons o the workers, tae get an education, so as
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
l tae hell - where the poor, workers and the displaced are targete (2022) twitter link
a food processing plant, the workers come fae numerous local autho (2020) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@ajay1903 We're nae miracle workers ??(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
we produce the nixt batch ae workers tae take our place oan the ch on page 24

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
follower oh the big man n the workers pairty - hees an icon in the (2021) twitter link
member o big george galloways workers pairty no - mans a legend lo (2020) twitter link
osFC long live double g n the workers pairty - we r the people btw (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
acted aw easy-osy, hopin his workers wid think he actually meant t on page 26

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ganers or fire ~ e'en yer ain workers on page 107

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ey fae aroun the warld, whaur workers' richts, social security, the on page 51
tax haven fer the rich whaur workers' richts an a social contract on page 81

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hey ur. Laughin at the social workers, an the left-wing, bloody gre
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
s comin hame fae the pit, the workers skailin fae the mills or the on page 21
im there wis soutars an fairm workers in the faimily gaun back tae on page 23

2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
p intae wee flats let oot tae workers o aw kinds - drapers, loaksm on page 136

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
Okoyong, the Scots an African workers wad sing Scots sangs as they on page 11

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
nstitute Players, the Glasgow Workers’ Theatre Group, the Clarion
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
, in the Peoples' Independent Workers' Socialist Republic o Fife? A (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
babysittin the bairns o' key workers. Of coorse, these bairns a' c(2021)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
twae ferm workers hooses juist on the brae side
a’d McWhir bade i yin o yon workers hooses anenst the ferm
an the Mansion Hoose an fowre workers cottages fur the estate worke
cottages fur the estate workers. Scot-Noble wis the Laird an
twae workers cottages nixt door tae the Sm
7 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
o weans an workers. on page 70

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
rew in for seats tae make the workers keener
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
her ïn, but thair's no monie workers tae dae ït. Sae pray tae tha on page 87

2 matches

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