A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'maybe'

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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 'maybe' Shetland 424.3 occurrences per million words 10 authors out of 54 Orkney 49.7 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 422.0 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 111.9 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 12 Mid Northern A 114.4 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 209.8 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 17 South Northern 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 4 Dundee 53.1 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 9 North East Central 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 149.6 occurrences per million words 9 authors out of 54 Edinburgh 229.3 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 20 Glasgow 75.4 occurrences per million words 6 authors out of 23 West Central 31.1 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 35 Ayrshire 106.8 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 10 South East (Borders) 48.4 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 181.3 occurrences per million words 7 authors out of 21 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 3 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 654.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 10 East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 71.4 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 13 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'maybe' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'maybe' 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 4 total occurrences 69.82 per million words 2001 7 total occurrences 91.45 per million words 2002 2 total occurrences 26.48 per million words 2003 31 total occurrences 207.20 per million words 2004 13 total occurrences 123.52 per million words 2005 5 total occurrences 73.55 per million words 2006 10 total occurrences 116.01 per million words 2007 9 total occurrences 82.23 per million words 2008 7 total occurrences 89.08 per million words 2009 14 total occurrences 172.03 per million words 2010 6 total occurrences 51.08 per million words 2011 46 total occurrences 316.85 per million words 2012 29 total occurrences 216.74 per million words 2013 4 total occurrences 53.75 per million words 2014 18 total occurrences 99.97 per million words 2015 9 total occurrences 69.16 per million words 2016 12 total occurrences 78.79 per million words 2017 10 total occurrences 68.76 per million words 2018 3 total occurrences 38.52 per million words 2019 11 total occurrences 114.29 per million words 2020 69 total occurrences 210.03 per million words 2021 46 total occurrences 108.85 per million words 2022 15 total occurrences 73.32 per million words 2023 25 total occurrences 200.71 per million words 2024 11 total occurrences 128.96 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 69.82 4
2001 91.45 7
2002 26.48 2
2003 207.20 31
2004 123.52 13
2005 73.55 5
2006 116.01 10
2007 82.23 9
2008 89.08 7
2009 172.03 14
2010 51.08 6
2011 316.85 46
2012 216.74 29
2013 53.75 4
2014 99.97 18
2015 69.16 9
2016 78.79 12
2017 68.76 10
2018 38.52 3
2019 114.29 11
2020 210.03 69
2021 108.85 46
2022 73.32 15
2023 200.71 25
2024 128.96 11
2025 0.00 0
2026 0.00 0

'maybe' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2013:-
137.63
Normalised occurrences 2014 to 2026:-
116.85