A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'bits'

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>10,000 per million occurrences >1,000 per million >100 per million >10 per million >1 per million >0 per million Isogloss map for 'bits' Shetland 75.6 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 54 Orkney 238.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 North Northern A (Black Isle) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Mid Northern B 223.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 78.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 167.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 63.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 9 North East Central 137.6 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 95.4 occurrences per million words 14 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 80.6 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 20 Glasgow 105.5 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 23 West Central 106.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 64.1 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 72.7 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 320.8 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 285.5 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'bits' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'bits' 10,000 per million 1,000 per million 100 per million 10 per million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2000 8 total occurrences 139.64 per million words 2001 8 total occurrences 104.52 per million words 2002 18 total occurrences 238.28 per million words 2003 9 total occurrences 60.15 per million words 2004 8 total occurrences 76.01 per million words 2005 9 total occurrences 132.39 per million words 2006 5 total occurrences 58.01 per million words 2007 2 total occurrences 18.27 per million words 2008 10 total occurrences 127.26 per million words 2009 5 total occurrences 61.44 per million words 2010 16 total occurrences 136.22 per million words 2011 18 total occurrences 123.98 per million words 2012 21 total occurrences 156.95 per million words 2013 6 total occurrences 80.62 per million words 2014 13 total occurrences 72.20 per million words 2015 3 total occurrences 23.05 per million words 2016 10 total occurrences 65.66 per million words 2017 13 total occurrences 89.38 per million words 2018 8 total occurrences 102.73 per million words 2019 15 total occurrences 155.85 per million words 2020 29 total occurrences 88.27 per million words 2021 49 total occurrences 115.95 per million words 2022 16 total occurrences 78.20 per million words 2023 27 total occurrences 216.77 per million words 2024 7 total occurrences 82.06 per million words 2025 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words 2026 0 total occurrences 0.00 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 139.64 8
2001 104.52 8
2002 238.28 18
2003 60.15 9
2004 76.01 8
2005 132.39 9
2006 58.01 5
2007 18.27 2
2008 127.26 10
2009 61.44 5
2010 136.22 16
2011 123.98 18
2012 156.95 21
2013 80.62 6
2014 72.20 13
2015 23.05 3
2016 65.66 10
2017 89.38 13
2018 102.73 8
2019 155.85 15
2020 88.27 29
2021 115.95 49
2022 78.20 16
2023 216.77 27
2024 82.06 7
2025 0.00 0
2026 0.00 0

'bits' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
105.25
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
96.95