Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'advent'

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Use in varieties of Scots

advent	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	2.4	8	7
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	41.8	3	2
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 advent in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
f yeve already aeten aa yer advent calendar chocolates or galshi(2019)

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
fir a new semester, an noo ma advent calendar is starin doon fae t
1 matches

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Wahrz the advent calendar? Geex ma chocolate,
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
conscience o mankind, and the advent o a warld whaur aw human sowe
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
sed tae love teaching but the advent o mobile phones kilt the joy.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ear by noo, the Twelve Days o Advent are openin up an ye'll think on page 77

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
ear by noo, the Twelve Days o Advent
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
what future food is moot, an advent o the sklentiefruit." #Scots (2020)