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The word '-at'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-atOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.652
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 -at 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.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ter take him his fan an gloves-at is, if A can find them." As s on page 32
s is May id wilna be ravan mad-at least no so mad as id wis in on page 62
e replied quick lek; "at least-at least ah mean what ah say-at' on page 65

4 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ye absolutely cannae be a bide-at-hame mam if ye want tae be. I
ines fa choose nae tae be bide-at-hame wives hiv got tae deal w
2 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Dis-the een-at beirs the gree-get the croun? on page 95

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
a puckle hills, an his a near-at-haun beach whaur boats cuid e on page 32

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
'll no be totally aff its heid-at least no as much as it in Mer on page 64

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
t kids? Am ah gonnae be a stay-at-hame dad? Cause honestly ah'v on page 1

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
is Mey, it'll no be rantin wud-at least no as wud as it wad be on page 44

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r their beliefs, an hidin near-at-haun in the toun - witnessed on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
o the wag-at-the-waa ahint ma back is lost on page 83

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd syne he said in a nae-doots-at-aw voice: on page 21

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 75 - The Raid on Clydebank, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The bairns at nicht-at-eenie –
1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an nicht-at-eenie, cannle-flame.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
erdly ken, Mister, jist th now-at least Ah ken whae Ah was when on page 42
is May eet wunnae b' ravin mad-at least no sae mad as eet was i on page 64
" Ahlice trumped up; "at least-at least Ah mean whit Ah say-tha on page 68

3 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
heir-at-law an A’ve herd eet mintit
heir-at-law wis the praisent day lair
2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
s Mie, it'll naw bae ravin mad-at least naw es mad es it wus in on page 65

1 matches

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