A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'background'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
backgroundOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 background in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ty (preferably with q farming background) for fun, friendship, long wa on page 52

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e will the pain awa intae the background. Jist as things began tae eas
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
http://t.co/Pjsnoo0cU3 an in background ye can see ma elephant tapest(2014)

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
, wi the fire cracklin in the background an naebody utterin a word.
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
yer in a group an yer in the background an ye'd tae mackie-on yer spi
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
out any excess baggage in the background - n the same will apply when (2020) twitter link
y private messages - aye the background stuff etc etc - me am ticket (2020) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
s a prospective maw kennin ma background, so that left it tae me - li on page 102

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ther than hingin aroon in the background. Jist think, said Yvonne, it on page 169

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ce despite the madness in the background, yet we spot each other fee f on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ng for Sc. of any kind. Their background is St. Eng., into which they
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ve they need tae ken the real background tae enjoy whit's happenin in

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ies. It has a rich historical background (2022) twitter link

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