A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'element'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
elementOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.34427
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
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 element in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
1 Becis o da wye at da last element is ey braali stressed ithin l on page 30
unstressed bi is da foremaist element an shaas da ert: bisooth 'sou on page 38
lonnwird (peerie). Da siccint element idda phraseme (mootie) isna w on page 100

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
alive ta ivery element; on page 45

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o the Yird. Watter wis their element: frae their kinrick o Aquas t
1 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
e ye are in yer twaa-year-aul element on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ng?" Noo the judge wis in his element as he telt Big Betsy aboot th
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e Dons, apart fae that vanity element. Cove will reach a ceiling an (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
illuminatioun. Watter wis his element, as symbol-seeker, boat-passe on page 5

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
shairly a kenspeckle eneuch element tae be hauden on its leet? A
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ken Wha Jesus is!). The'r nae element o surpreise whan Fleming read on page 136
tho he offers hir a pairl (an element o pathos). Houane'er, she eft on page 138

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
. Mrs. Scott believes that an element o ‘coorseness’ coud be se
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
commendations includit a core element o Scottish culture in the cur
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ation chat there wis a strang element o whit we wuid nou cry nation on page 121

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
dealers who form the criminal element in Edinburgh. A great white s
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e. Naturally, Bruce is in his element. Runnin aboot and investigati
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
It’s goat a fatalistic element tae it wae some cunts. Predet
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
employer but the exploitative element ay the relationship remains.
1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
an novelists - an important element in allooin us aw tae address on page 36
f Scots has been an important element in allowing writers to addres on page 44

3 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ulum coud incluide a cultural element whilk is "sae important fur d on page 35

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
cots language is an essential element o the culture an heritage o S on page 2

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
that the Scots language is an element of everyday speech for many p on page 121

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
sindert bi a cuttin wurd? Ae element or observe wul be naething by on page 91

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ite is jaloused the heidmaist element. Til human een the lift o Mai
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in a wee ahint). The latinate element, an the registers whaur it is
ge; an the muckle continental element meltit doun at the Union o th
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
The’r an element o truith in sayin that writin
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Mebbe the maist substantious element aye tae haund in Mid-Ulster I
Gin thare a poleetical element in the unsatisfactor awnin o
e twintiet century, the Scots element in Ulster wis written oot o t
3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
onyone, paypoke wi ae English element and ae Scots ane).
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
mpics but wi’oot the safety element.
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ing up an reignite the social element o political engagement. In 20
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
t tåla’. The michtie Norse element in Scots – and syne the aye
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
s o skuil bairns, an eikit an element o ill wull intil the Scots ps
1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
amelie an haed a strang moral element: he attacked the greed o mino
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
all refers tae the democratic element o the game: that it's played on page 84

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
swim, mayfly dart - yer ain element, ain rhythm, wished well in a on page 22

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