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The word 'ai'
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Use in varieties of Scots ai Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 10.3 33 11 ORK - Orkney
49.7
5
1
SHD - Shetland
34.9
6
1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
4.4
1
1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
33.2
13
3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
18.8
3
1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
26.2
2
2
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
SEA - South East (Borders)
25
2
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 ai 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
Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan , (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
aksent merks them oot; kles, ai . A o this shoogs ir, A doot,
n langwachis laik Orcadian as ai beud in a taind reuril past:
bdee sweeches”. Orkney haes ai been a stopeen paint fir trav
An at maens wir spaekan haes ai been inflooïnsd bi ither spa
er spaekan, an monee o us wil ai haed differ fok wir spokan ta
5 matches
Shetland
I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1 , (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
atween da soonds /e/ (laek da ai in traivel) an /ø/ (as in b on page 24
d (cf., fir example, French j' ai 'I hae' fir je ai, Italian c' on page 36
(een/aen/ee/ ai /etc) whaaras da sooth form ch on page 59
reduced tae a or ai afore consonants idda nort pl on page 67
5 matches
Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
tween da soonds /e/ (laek da " ai " in "traivel") an /ø/ (as in
General Northern
@72redz1903 tweeted
with a nod tae Minecraft and AI tech. Im trying tae get ma (2022) twitter link
(South) East Central
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk , (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
aye at Deil speid the leears! Ai , wae's me for him at gart me on page 45
Collegianer: Ai , whatna couthie sowl! She's o on page 47
or maut, nor e'en a bit douk! Ai , this wul cum ower suin! This on page 48
5 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission , (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
honeme that's soondit aither " ai " or "ee". Sae if ye see a wir
s that can be soondit aither " ai " or "ee" in different dialeck
"wee"), "ü", or "i" (whiles " ai "), tae gang wi hou a body spa
3 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil , (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
go'n, tell iz the joke, go'n, ai ? Aw go'n. Go'n. Och, goooo'n,
Aw go'n. Go'n. Och, goooo'n, ai ? Go'n." That's hou the wee an
anes talks, "Och, go'n. Go'n, ai ?"
3 matches
Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe , (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
" Ai , Dauvit, ye can mak a wush no
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75 , (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
J' ai tres peu d'argent.
1 matches
Edinburgh
Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt) , (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
y me? Ye maun cry me Skipper. Ai ! A sei whit ye'r ettlin at. T on page 4
1 matches
Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt) , (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
" Ai , whit blethers, deir Quentin! on page 3
2 matches
Ayrshire
Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland , (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tellin ye!" said Alison, "I'm aI 'm a-" on page 44
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden , (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Je ne l’ ai point encore embrasse aujord
1 matches
General Central
Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots , (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
cots deid haes ‘ee’ or ‘ ai ’ soonds) at merks thaim oot
1 matches
South East (Borders)
Purves, David Jade Lute , (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Whan he dis…… Ai , Ah dout he winna ken me!
Ai Mercie, here the dawin!
2 matches