A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'instinct'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
instinctOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 15.5 6 5
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 instinct in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
he his a natural instinct fur hid. on page 59

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
n theesel, lass and follow dy instinct (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
derstand why dat bird, wi her instinct tae mak fur da sea as shune a on page 91

1 matches

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
As if be instinct, da skipper began tae cloor a
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
w's faither. She bit back the instinct tae say 'wheesht'. It was too on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ma first instinct wis tae smile but ah managed on page 31

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
inimal approach ti naitur. My instinct suggestit a tonal affinitie w on page 5

1 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
eanin than ‘deaf’. But ma instinct alsae telt me that ‘deif’
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ish, fou o the same in-biggit instinct tae speak their ain leid as a
n Yorkshire, but tae hae that instinct battered oot ye bi yer teache
2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t lacks that eye ae the tiger instinct. Aw flight and nae fight. And
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
greyhound sees rabbit it, by instinct alone, wull give . chase. Som on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
aboot yer Scots langage throu instinct nor ye will seein it aw wrutt on page 8

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Helenmarchant9 Listen yer gut instinct!(2020)