Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'apollo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

apollo	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.9	13	6
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	29.1	5	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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	4
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 apollo in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Apollo thoroughly bored o me lookin (2014)
Apollo snuggled up efter his day in (2013)
a lightsome treat when puttin Apollo oot for a piddle(2013)
ficial first day of spring as Apollo chose to lie oot on da green(2014)
Apollo hain a peerie rest http://t.c(2013)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The auld Apollo wi Siouxsie's 'Banshees', on page 61
An that, ma friens, is hou Apollo rescued yours truly. on page 127

2 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ere in 1966. In July 1969 the Apollo 11 mission flichtit fae the U
he public kens aboot) wis the Apollo 17 ane that landit in Dezembe
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
garnished wi a wheen o fresh apollo an spinach leaves’.
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
in us Scots aboot Live at the Apollo......WE'VE GOT TAE SIT THROUG(2014)
oss this guy oan "Live at the Apollo" oan Comedy Central! Guid job(2016)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Paul's real name is Apollo?! Ah aye thocht Bernie cryin (2020)