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The word 'alright'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alrightOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22315
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of alright in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e rest o me claes they seemed alright, on page 104

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
MarjoleinR Aye hid's a maalie alright. Yin nostrils at flesh, so la (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
that noo. ‘Naw, ah’ll be alright. Sorry fur botherin youse, ah
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
08 aye n am a saturday nights alright fir fightin gadgie lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id Navdeep, An ah think she's alright. Nae danger, said Charlene, S on page 30
tet fur an answer. Emm it wis alright, said Yvonne. What about you on page 169

2 matches

Pennie, Len Toast Tae The Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Alright lads, lang syne no see it's h
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
,” Dave says. “Everything alright?”
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Alright soldier, how’d yi get oan t
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Are you alright, Elsie?' Harry asks, walkin u on page 50

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Alright, to get an idea of how well y on page 58
'Granny,' Gary says. 'Are you alright?' on page 59

3 matches

Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
’d phoned to see if Ben wis alright. Efter his ‘tumble on the h
r he wis in his bed, but aye, alright. Didnae tell her about his de
2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ssion, hope you got ma e-mail alright? ?(2014)
st tae! Hope you got ma email alright re change o date? Hope you an(2014)
id? And you got ma last email alright? xxx(2015)

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
@maceyjusticetw Hope you're alright, bud!(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
is it the now gorgeous? ???? alright then scrambled egg anything e (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ame wi' the plastic stem were alright for folk whae hed buttonholes
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
ons are pretty guid; third is alright.(2020)

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
But this was alright till ye stapped for the tae a
1 matches

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