Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'alternative'

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Use in varieties of Scots

alternative	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.5	48	31
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern	162.8	1	1
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	15.5	6	4
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee	31.9	3	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	25.1	5	3
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	26.3	20	13
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 alternative in Corpus

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Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
ta gyit hom deliveries, good alternative ta da mobile library. Excitin(2020)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the lyrics, I think the only alternative for MacDiarmid apart from joi
1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
ly via robot instead o’ the alternative - mail nae arriving at a’.
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
n a few tins o dog food as an alternative. on page 40

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
Ruth and fit exactly wis the alternative up front? (2022) twitter link
zPodcast Fit exactly does the alternative look like? Broon is a real fa (2022) twitter link
discourse. Fit is yir actual alternative? Name a country that is handl (2020) twitter link
th east cultural and economic alternative tae the central belt (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
boot every litter. What's the alternative? Change the channel and liste on page 16

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
t dis offer "wud" an "wid" as alternative spellins, but "wuid" shouldna
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ered bi monie tae be the real alternative Scots naitional anthem an wis
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tre n a carry oot as a viable alternative lol (2021) twitter link
game 2 nite - lookin for an alternative game as you do in the circums (2020) twitter link
alternative game sorted due 2 a call off (2020) twitter link

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
do's an juist get oan cos the alternative is nae guid at aw, then shair on page 27

1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
career that offert ony kinna alternative cultural landscape wis the Sc
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
showein them that there is an alternative tae the policies o on page 80
fer the new us-led notion o 'alternative facts' sae enthusiastically w on page 100
tential tae lead the warld in alternative energy development, or hae a on page 127

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e wis eident tae offer her an alternative post, bit he sayed that the f
emandit fiercely. “The only alternative is murderin oor sons!”
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ime, but there is no suitable alternative. Does this sound acceptable?' on page 57
ullyin he could find, like an alternative wallpaper. They hud slogans l on page 58

2 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
in twa weys), Doubil Ballot, Alternative Vote an Supplementarie Vote s
Alternative Vote is uized in Australia an
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ve tae this option, given the alternative . The two steroid abusin lacke
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ts an get dressed in bed. The alternative wis tae staun chitterin aside on page 13

1 matches

General Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her we canna replace it be an alternative , mair vernacular, wirdin. Aft
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
as it soonds, than whit ither alternative is thare? It’s a typical as
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
A wicelike alternative tae aw thir debates is the co
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
s chances as a ‘national’ alternative tae Irish. On the tither, the
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ettle. The alternative , tho, wis ti spin out a lee.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
practice, orig. stertit as an alternative tae a savins bank, wis widely
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
nments an fowks o Europe. The alternative is tae haund Britain on a tru
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
liance; an lest year when the Alternative wis creatit tae focus on gree
Alt The Alternative Alternativet The Alternative
Alternativet The Alternative a wee bit like the Greens
k (an England) shaws whit the alternative could hae been.
4 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
wk sees the possibilities, an alternative cultural hegemony can be bigg
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
a developin media offerin an alternative vision fi Scotland. The Natio
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
e in 1912, there began tae be alternative organisations foondit. Maist
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
t least a wee bit better'n 'e alternative https://t.co/LiNjM8bc7d(2020)

@jamieonkeys tweeted
furth the results o the Bella Alternative Press Awards. I pit in some n(2018)

@MartinBroon tweeted
@GreggWylde39 Whit aboot the alternative...? ??. ????????????. ???????(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
814 Gied him the dizzy wis an alternative in Ayrshire.(2020)
@raisethegame That wis the alternative in Ayrshire!(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Onybody else ken the alternative use o the wird 'hoolet'??? (2020) twitter link