A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'replace'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
replaceOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22421
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 replace 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
felt nae idder cat cood ever replace him, bit peerie Lucky wis med on page 29

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
be anidder peerie critter tae replace him and my girly skirls'll be(2020)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
y tae conserve resources) tae replace luved anes fa hid deed.
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ye'd better replace his booze if ye dinna wint ta on page 121

1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
, it wis gonnae cost mair tae replace than aw the other windaes pit on page 7

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
e text frae the text boxes an replace it wi new text. The shape, si
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n about - as a say ee cannae replace quality brother! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Sae a hud tae replace the therteen amp A'm 'hinkin'
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
al Westminster model jist tae replace it wi a Scottish version o th on page 33

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e eviction o’ oor Clan. Tae replace us wi’ bare-arsed Campbells
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ks, he desperately needit tae replace his toon shuin, which were ne
t tae lay her oot straucht an replace the face panel, which seemt t
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
been huntin fur somethin tae replace it. on page 1

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
huv the initiative tae try n replace it, should it come tae a prem on page 7

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
call it a day at some point? Replace me wi somebdy fae the waitin on page 13

1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
teen thirty eight. It wis tae replace the auld pub ay the same name
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
gif I was ... I’d replace aa faith an religion wi ain c
1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
o a Gaelic leid Strategie tae replace the National Plaun ... This i on page 20

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
u ye tae use the can for find/replace wi the Soothron cognates an c on page 43

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ud conseider whither we canna replace it be an alternative, mair ve
be ae single hamelt wird tae replace a latinate ane – that’s f
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
e a seituation at wad gar him replace
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
er - if leaders let us down, replace them. #1320 (2022) twitter link

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