A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'error'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
errorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11714
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland
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 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 error in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I saa the error o me weys and knuckled doon t on page 68

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
oy, trivvlan, agglan, airtan, error, hixan, delight. Thay both ke on page 49
ivry screen at aence aizes in error-light, an afore sheu can see on page 153

2 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The kye err oot is key error oops, on page 135

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id ma da. It's whit yi caw an error in your favour - Anyway, it' on page 54

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bite venture. He soon saw the error o his thinkin an left. Mind y on page 105

1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ennin, that A wid conclude in error. As you are aa-mercifu, A ken on page 49

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
The error message ben ma heid says its on page 52
She's jist an error in yer flawless code; on page 83

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
te. Plainly there's been some error, and for a moment he wonners on page 72

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
quicker and nae sae gien tae error - providit the soorce is acc on page 15

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
2014 wad be a major strategic error for thae reasons, even assumi
1 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
@RobertMiggins Aye, my error(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
r apologies for yer wee silly error. The real reason is that ye a(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
It wis a schoolboy error John, on page 70

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@AngelaGraham8 A common error. Least ye didnae cry me Stewa(2020)

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