Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'zero'

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Use in varieties of Scots

zero	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.2	14	12
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	2
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	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.3	3	2
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
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 zero 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
self-esteem plunged doon tae zero bit, still, at the end o the on page 43
ugh Rabbie's self-control wis zero, he'll aye be lukk'd on as a on page 77

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
fae wur universal zero oors contract. on page 12

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
bntton merked “ZERO ”. There wis a dunt, a shugg
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Gless awa doon past the zero mark,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t, well, ah'm oan yin ae they zero-hour contracts, Ken, the hing on page 28
in Bono. He jist hus a strict zero tolerance policy oan cunts st on page 71

2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
zero respect for the police - sho (2021) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
in aa ower the place, no on a zero oors contract. on page 14

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A single mither wi next tae zero on page 64

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
aisentit as tho there wull be zero costs fur the centre" in supp on page 46

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
drives him hame throu the sub-zero winter glaur on page 10

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
wunnered why she needed PIP. Zero pynts fer observation(!)(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
There's ZERO chance she'll risk a free vot (2022) twitter link