A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'reverse'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
reverseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92318
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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 reverse in Corpus

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Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ody wha witnessed me tryin ta reverse yun thing in Lerook dis eftir (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
cus eit hid a Larry Geerbox, reverse weisna nay eese, bit eif yea on page 13
coarse so as nay tae start en reverse. En we run thi rope up ontae on page 21

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e in een o their machines tae reverse the magnetic field- - - -
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
riding ye reverse cowboy, on page 34

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
n gears, ("A'a forrit nae ony reverse), so
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
e lassie an thai duin a fancy reverse tirn tae cam upsides wi me. on page 27

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
y ower inti Scots. Corrodi-in-reverse, ye micht say. on page 5

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
secluded loackup. Ah expertly reverse the motor inside. Yince parke
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
onnae drive a flamin motor in reverse fur thoosands and thoosands o on page 18

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
nguage is a kittlie thing tae reverse, but the example of Scots Gae
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
an hard at it. Nou it wis the reverse o afore but the onlie cheenge on page 50

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e weys minority languages can reverse language shift (RLS), introdu on page 109

1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
clearance aften sae keen tae reverse the process that gied thaim w
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
ss universe that mocks ye, in reverse. on page 31

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ight ay waiy. Ye’ll huv tae reverse.’ ah shout oot wae confiden
cede defeat, stickin it intae reverse an sheepishly steerin the mot
2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
shaw the video camera on the reverse. on page 11
r an stertin tae pit it intae reverse. on page 25

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
lies the actions necessar tae reverse that shift. Gin a minority le on page 56

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
shaw Kat a wee camera on the reverse.
keliser again an pit it intae reverse. Kat felt a bittie
2 matches

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