A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Isogloss map for 'tell'

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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 'tell' Shetland 796.3 occurrences per million words 22 authors out of 54 Orkney 635.9 occurrences per million words 15 authors out of 41 North Northern B (Caithness) 1,125.3 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 917.2 occurrences per million words 4 authors out of 11 Mid Northern A 755.4 occurrences per million words 20 authors out of 42 Aberdeen 1,236.0 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 16 South Northern 162.8 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 4 Dundee 1,104.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 North East Central 278.2 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 3 (South) East Central 973.7 occurrences per million words 28 authors out of 49 Edinburgh 657.3 occurrences per million words 13 authors out of 20 Glasgow 833.2 occurrences per million words 16 authors out of 23 West Central 910.3 occurrences per million words 19 authors out of 31 Ayrshire 812.5 occurrences per million words 5 authors out of 9 South East (Borders) 910.8 occurrences per million words 8 authors out of 13 South West (Galloway) 472.8 occurrences per million words 11 authors out of 22 Donegal (East Donegal) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 1,635.1 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 2 Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 1,192.6 occurrences per million words 2 authors out of 5 Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 265.0 occurrences per million words 1 authors out of 6 East Antrim (Larne) 919.3 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 3 South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 0.0 occurrences per million words 0 authors out of 1 Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 256.1 occurrences per million words 3 authors out of 6 Sorry, your browser does not support inline SVG.

'tell' occurrences per year

N-Gram view for 'tell' 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 2000 19 total occurrences 332.34 per million words 2001 62 total occurrences 810.02 per million words 2002 44 total occurrences 583.23 per million words 2003 83 total occurrences 555.14 per million words 2004 78 total occurrences 741.11 per million words 2005 40 total occurrences 588.39 per million words 2006 57 total occurrences 661.28 per million words 2007 75 total occurrences 811.69 per million words 2008 48 total occurrences 610.83 per million words 2009 46 total occurrences 565.25 per million words 2010 96 total occurrences 817.31 per million words 2011 118 total occurrences 812.78 per million words 2012 153 total occurrences 1,143.51 per million words 2013 97 total occurrences 1,303.40 per million words 2014 165 total occurrences 959.27 per million words 2015 75 total occurrences 576.29 per million words 2016 157 total occurrences 1,030.81 per million words 2017 121 total occurrences 831.95 per million words 2018 48 total occurrences 616.37 per million words 2019 86 total occurrences 893.53 per million words 2020 201 total occurrences 592.10 per million words 2021 452 total occurrences 961.46 per million words 2022 159 total occurrences 728.04 per million words 2023 65 total occurrences 665.91 per million words 2024 14 total occurrences 969.39 per million words
Year Occurences normalised per million Total occurrences
2000 332.34 19
2001 810.02 62
2002 583.23 44
2003 555.14 83
2004 741.11 78
2005 588.39 40
2006 661.28 57
2007 811.69 75
2008 610.83 48
2009 565.25 46
2010 817.31 96
2011 812.78 118
2012 1,143.51 153
2013 1,303.40 97
2014 959.27 165
2015 576.29 75
2016 1,030.81 157
2017 831.95 121
2018 616.37 48
2019 893.53 86
2020 592.10 201
2021 961.46 452
2022 728.04 159
2023 665.91 65
2024 969.39 14

'tell' overall change in the 21st century

Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
725.40
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
824.75