A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'posts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
postsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.14728
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 6
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of posts in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ond een wis wappit in da goal posts an dey haaled aff dir gansies
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ta an Facecloot I kin edit me posts, on here I hae tae delete an (2021)
emories ir throwin up various posts I made aboot the inauguration(2021)
rted, an whinivver I see auld posts fae afore times turn up on me(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I love these posts. I feel there are more whimbr(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ers an runs, firewid, cairts, posts an palin wire, barras, bikes, on page 93

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
it it ye read haaver i' these posts whilst on the watterie!(2014)
ks tae aabody fa retweeted ma posts really appreciate it an thank(2014)
for sharing links, videos and posts on social media. Sign up for (2016)
t sorry quine fur ma hinmaist posts - noo ah'll ye stop hitting (2018)
the quine sin ah wrote those posts!(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wi a puckle of ganzies as the posts an wint an got the fitba oot
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
h reminder tae aa fa read his posts juist hou guid ye’v got it
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
wi fuzzy lamp posts, self absorbed on page 23

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
an haimmerin nails inno fence posts. They war the richt heicht an on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
posts. Noo the posts were six poun each, Jonsar mi
show. Leeks the size o pailin posts, tatties the size o neeps, ca
2 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
a’ the posts were perfect; (his desire)
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ry arnae likely tae finnd new posts ony time suin. The unemployed
1 matches

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
the nummer o hatefu an reekin posts kept birlin tae shitestormic
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
d tae use two hoodies as goal posts and the game only ended when
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
gh hees either putting on the posts for bites - or to get attent (2020) twitter link
hen ee keep bumpin intae lamp posts - foke gee u funny looks (2020) twitter link
erse fae rab c nesbitt - ur posts gash btw lol (2021) twitter link
au10 @georgegalloway m8 these posts r only put on to cause hatred (2020) twitter link
spent awe last night blocking posts about awe the shite in the us (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
writ a million times on lamp posts aroon Renfrew, an on the skat on page 131

1 matches

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
a nummer o key organisations, posts an projects, such as Scots La
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
There'll hae tae be border posts on page 144

2 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Its posts he made o siller, on page 6

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part II, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
the posts
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
as makkin shuir that promotit posts are created wi designatit str on page 27
ur Gaelic essential/desirable posts and that trainin needs tae be on page 43
at Gaelic Development Officer posts and Scots Leid Coordinators s on page 59

3 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
But as the hingin posts went up wi bauks an dwangs,
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
er aboot Scots, thir twa blog posts were baith aboot the value o
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
en hacked ookin at yir 3 prev posts! xxx(2015)
@nickstoppani Thank you! Yir posts last year helped me regain ma(2017)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@RobertMiggins Posts aboot sunshine an beasties so(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
, we could creosote the fence posts and the sleepers afore I buil(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
he heids o the yett an fencin posts; wi the tin lids, o empie she
1 matches

General Ulster

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
e who’d been in the original posts! It’s been a long oul day on (2021) twitter link