A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'xxx'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
xxxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus150.248613
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 2
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 624 467 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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 xxx in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I was just going to tell you xxx xxxx xxxx xxx xx seeing as it on page 37

2 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
o sad to miss it! Loff tae aa xxx(2019)
farin at the end of all this! Xxx(2020)
fae Leith! Take care up there xxx(2020)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
n paintin at nursery daday ?? xxx… https://t.co/NG8y2gK5s1 (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Thanks for trying quine. xxx https://t.co/Gy7c3bfqAU(2018)
oment. Hiv a merry Christmas! xxx https://t.co/IDdq1qW0PW(2019)

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
hem...in awe of their efforts xxx (2022) twitter link

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
alijoeozzy hellloa ma luverly xxx(2011)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
it happens tae us awe brother xxx (2021) twitter link
dance its tain ee long enuff xxx (2021) twitter link
- luv to all at wick academy xxx (2020) twitter link
sselburgh make up - oo la la xxx (2021) twitter link
cat is in luv with you hunni xxx (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

@annieones tweeted
in an amazon joab. Thanks hen xxx (2021) twitter link

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
int that richt Matt? Hee hee! xxx(2014)
id Nicky! Hae a guid game ROW!xxx(2014)
yir show the morrow! Hee hee! xxx(2014)
we! Hee hee! Hae a guid week! xxx(2014)
nsomnia! Time fir a/noon nap? xxx(2014)
and 457 other occurrences.

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
d to say, Guid gear's scarce. xxx(2020)
ChalmersRM Haste ye back, JJ. xxx(2019)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ken them. Go team Alderslowe. Xxx https://t.co/z45KFysGaZ(2018)
tiles Aw the very best tae ye xxx much love ??(2018)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah'm verra sorry fer yer loss xxx(2020)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
t. Love and hugs frae us all. xxx https://t.co/Vc2iQKjb1M(2020)