A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'z'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
zOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.27417
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 82.9 34 4
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 68.2 11 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
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 z 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

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wa) /stikət/ (steekit), /gaɪzər/ (guizer), /dəmoɐrn/ (da on page 23
/ (blyde), /waɪ/ (wye), /gaɪzər/ (guizer) on page 24
t, he's voiced (laek b, d, g, z, v, etc); if yir vocal chords on page 25
z voiced alveolar fricative /ga on page 26
Islands), Comanche (USA) and Záparo (Ecuador). on page 85

6 matches

Mid Northern A

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Can ye see a "z" in the hinmaist wird?
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Doric word Watterie to our A-Z listing. Div ye ken fit it me(2014)
actor" to the Doric Phrases A-Z: can you guess what bodily fu(2014)
rases beginning wi X in our A-Z – onybody ken ony?(2014)
ny golloch? Find out in our A-Z of Doric phrases at http://t.(2014)
has ower 1599 words in oor A-Z database fa kent we'd yon mon(2014)
and 6 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Loch Zürich wis the settin fir a wh on page 5

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
y the meenit she haes tae see'z ma chainge, but syne a grand
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
d bi the teichar aye hanted’z an aw our jynt skames wes cum
dna finnd the siller ti pey’z, sae wir twa cumpanies tuik
a souk at the reimin tap o’z pynt. It wes rare guid.
says the peronall “Lat’z ben.”
an pit the kie i the lok o’z
24 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
oan Instagram. Fir generation Z, thon’s Tic Tok, but some o
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
naither wonder.” Forgie’z, Faither, but thir wis his ve
a promotion this is. Forgie’z sayin aa this, Faither, but i
ppyntments pages in front o’z, but I dinna want tae be awae
dent wee smile, spaekin tae’z like a dug or a bairn. An nou
s for tae ask Ye tae forgie’z the nou. I’m tryin tae thin
6 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
gaun throu the hale a-z o Rome! 'Nou keep the heid!' on page 123

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
lie day, whan he cam bak frae'z daunner, he wuid ax gif onie on page 4
louman, an thon i the mids o'z bouk. Ti sei'm lowpin, rin an on page 5
Aw the tyme he ludged wi'z the skipper med nae shift o'z on page 6
doctour, wi'z pouther as whyt as snaw, an h on page 7

11 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
ed like a cross between S and Z.
1 matches

General Central

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
boot the lang haul frae S tae Z. on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nd, believe it or no, vitamin Z! The ainly twa vitamins it do on page 155

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
olete. (Yogh still occurs as 'z' in many words and may be rea on page 17

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
that got burned at Christmas. Z wis for Zebra, that wis juist on page 120

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
nt wuz, “Welcome tae Sheena’z excuses” ??. ???????????????(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
vyced or nae sic wyes /S/ v /z/ ? i pluralisation i inglis?(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
@jackiepatie So much fer Gen Z bein mair eco-freendly an soc(2020)

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