A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'skye'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skyeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12715
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central 183.5 4 1
SEC - (South) East Central 21.9 9 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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 skye in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Aa fae thi Isle o Skye. on page 28

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ottle o whisky fae the Isle o Skye ve been dyin tae try. Wid be on page 75

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
could rint a tint on i'Isle o'Skye on page 135
Ma mither cam doon frae Skye on page 166

2 matches

@Franwella tweeted
w of’n th Kessock, Dornoch n Skye brig’s shut. If nae a’ th g(2019)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
t. He inherited that place in Skye with his wife. If ever a man (2022) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
in ilka airt fae Gallawa tae Skye an Shetland. They uised a ser
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ther wis fae the North-East o Skye. A clachan cried Stenschol at
s that lours ower the north o Skye.
ale o the isle. The lift ower Skye haed been chowkit oot-throu t
3 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Wee Hoose in Skye
Tae the wee hoose in Skye?
Fae the wee hoose in Skye.
Is the wee hoos in Skye.
At the wee hoose in Skye.
7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e Brither finds the islands o Skye, Muck, Rhum, Eigg an – Kilt
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
eal Ùr furthset as a pairt o Skye's weekly West Highland Free P
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Well, we'd get the ferry to Skye and then get the bus so it wa on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
In bonders' bluid. Faur roun Skye Eagle hunger saitit; Oan Tire on page 14

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
les, in Staffin on the Isle o Skye and on the Isle o Tiree in Ar on page 6

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Gaelic and Scots in Scotland: Whit daes the census tell us?, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central - Edinburgh, government
at 57%. The nixt lairgest is Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, at 12
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
harles Kennedy tae haud Ross, Skye an Lochaber, for example. Lor
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ug friendly pods or cabins in Skye for visitors...coz my twa dug(2020)

South East (Borders)

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
glish under Donald McInnes, a Skye man that gied an equal wecht
1 matches

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