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The word 'dears'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dearsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 dears in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
l ids bairns, "Come awely, ma dears ! Id's high time ee were all on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
auld dears fae the ither end o the toon
d tae gang tae the fower auld dears last. Jist
y cairry on wi the fower auld dears, at's jist fin his luck ran c
3 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lp where ah tend tae the auld dears and gentlemen fae oot ma wey. on page 28
Ah've bared witness tae auld dears suddenly bein able tae rememb on page 30
goat any respect fur you auld dears anymaire." on page 140

3 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
bit?' Huey pleads. A few auld dears look terrified. The worst is on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wants! Is that no a fact, ma dears?" on page 11

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Granny Aff a Bus!!! The auld dears goin shoppin luved it !!! We' (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ae eets bairns, "Come oan, ma dears! Eet's high time ee were aw i on page 31

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hoes an stockins fur yae noo, dears? A'm sure A'll naw bae able! on page 16

1 matches

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