Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'generally'

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Use in varieties of Scots

generally	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	17.5	58	28
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	1
NEC - North East Central	45.9	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	15.5	6	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	169.9	16	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	15.1	3	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	14.4	11	10
SEA - South East (Borders)	36.3	3	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	62.8	2	1
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 generally 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

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
@Lenniesaurus In Orkney we generally write waeoot ?? (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
out Help fae diet & lifestyle generally maybe on the wane, but there (2020)

Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
lel to ‘bad English’) has generally been rejected outside narrow
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
a thing," sade e Dueck: "id's generally a frog, or a worm. E question on page 24
n a low voice, till e company generally, "Ee are all pardoned." "Come on page 89
jelly-fish oot o e way-" "At generally takes some time," interrupted on page 95

3 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs Multiple choice voting leaves city cooncil facing, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
de fa’s gan tae be fit and, generally spikkin, naebdy kens fit the
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
onaghan10 SNP didnae get 45%. Generally agree with the point being ma (2022) twitter link
fae the back is high risk but generally we are seeing the benefits (2022) twitter link
reflects the gap in quality. Generally, too much respect given, nerv (2022) twitter link
mcscoobertdoo True, but it is generally a West/Central Scotland probl (2021) twitter link
s. Sectarianism is culturally generally alien to Aberdonians. (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
war, whit their leid wis, an generally kent wha wis wha an whit wis
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
gomery), wha cooks, cleans an generally 'daes' for the Laird (Iain Jo
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hol, speakin o a time that is generally taen as the maist virtuous an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
is seen to be stationary, and generally about twal it begins slawly t
ry as Solomon himself, and ye generally find him married and standin
—wi round legs like women—generally wi red and white complexions�
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
bairns interestit in language generally , an thon haed tae be a guid t
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
we ken o as hill-forts, were generally interpretit in the past as mi on page 31
ckle o Norroway forbye, as we generally ken, communications wis aye a on page 32
wis generally alang the lines that, gin bei on page 68
ractickality o makkin siller, generally fer theirsels, an that morali on page 88
jist as monie as promissit an generally peyin nae mair nor the legal on page 90
Also on pages 98
6 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
, snobbery an vanity that are generally associatit wi middle class be on page 9
an arrogant sumph o a lad an generally wanderit aroun the toun as if on page 23
As weel as aw that they were generally a time fer horse-tradin an ca on page 30
uid tell ye jist hou borin it generally wis. Eftir aw, ye were stuck on page 46
his siller got spent. He wis generally tae be fund in ane o the bett on page 71
Also on pages 101, 108, 109, 117, 125
10 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
o the bed. She thocht - she generally tried no tae - o her time da
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ves in the stuff, their necks generally a different colour fae their on page 26

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
?" I offer a wee olive branch generally 'ae the back seat. on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The pixelation generally applied tae aa the apertures
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
i the twa straps but dominies generally preferred tae hit ye wi the i on page 42

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Noo, in oor generally harmonious research on the yi on page 34

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
espondence, the Committee wis generally content tae note the response on page 55

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
sh (usually the vowel sound), generally have the same spelling as in on page 18

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
oo economically important has generally only been domesticatit the ai
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
be made generally available and secondar learni
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ous wark o airt the cells are generally gey impressive. Saltire hisse
touches o humour tae whit is generally a gritty an violent story. It
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ly, ‘always staying’, but generally best owerset intae English as
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
t, it’s ‘our’. In Scots generally , the vowel sound is as aften
1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
nae drink alcohol, maist fowk generally accept it and gie ye some res (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
a hing," said th Duck: "eet's generally a frog, or a worm. Th queesti on page 25
wi eets legs hingin doon, but generally, jist as she hae got eets nec on page 81

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
les an talk o the kintra-side generally, his tales an aa fae the Bibl on page 21

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
dictionaries, glossaries an a generally acceptit lexicon o Scots wird(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
wi its legs hengin doon, but generally, jest es shae git its neck ni on page 82
"Thon generally taks some time," interruptet on page 99

2 matches