A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'activity'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
activityOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93019
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 activity in Corpus

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Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
the elements, wildlife, human activity – jist whitivir springs tae

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
iny kind o non-work related activity. Wur forebears worked herd an

@peediepuss tweeted
hoo many you find, hid's the activity that's the prize(2020)

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
Think I ay saa dem as a group activity growin up tae be honest.(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
perfect summer holiday family activity at @MareelShetland next week.(2019)
ottybuckies. A simple ootdoor activity I've loved since I was peerie(2017)

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
The bairns fair enjoyed yon activity - film fae Scots Radio, an a (2020) twitter link
The bairns fair enjoyed yon activity - film fae Scots Radio, an a (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Yet anither free, cultural activity is tae hae a wunner up the ca on page 16

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yer interests were aa activity on page 50

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
immerin again. Ere wis lots o activity on the water,
ht, expectin tae see a hive o activity
2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
o the day, an aa ither human activity bein ripples oot fae thon sou
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
rst concentration of criminal activity ever discovered in Scotland."
1 matches

(South) East Central

McFarlane, Ishbel Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
gin A dae sic-an-sic punishin activity”. Thon is fatphobia, an, fr
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
maist human activity is intellectual,
1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Kenmore (www.breadalbane.com/activity/walking.htm). Fae the white-w on page 65

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
aelic. In a recent flochter o activity, the Meenisterial Advisor Gro
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
s an whaur there heich Gaelic activity.
ee questions aboot enterprise activity an hou sectors sic as employm
basis o a gien level o Gaelic activity. There a threap tae be pit, f
come aboot whaur there Gaelic activity. Gif recognition wis gien on
Gaelic on-line activity wull hae tae be taen as a ess
6 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
date o Emergency Depairtmints Activity an Waitin Times, 25 865 fowk
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rder tae organise tredd union activity: a progressive bloc i the pai
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
The city centre wis buzzin wi activity frae Yes activists spreidin a
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
n Goin guid here as passed my Activity 1 which goes toward ma accred(2015)

@LairnScots tweeted
Guid activity for lairners: Dae they yaise (2018) twitter link
'. Includes a wee glossary an activity sheet: https://t.co/R1cxspGfG (2018) twitter link

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