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The word 'ean'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.9836
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 430.1 74 2
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 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 ean in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
is truly nairoo; but I tink I ean keek a grain!" on page 38
"You ean draa watter oot o a watter-wa on page 75
ything haes a moral if a body ean only fin apon it." An shö bi on page 90
, at wis sittin aside her. "I ean hardly braethe." on page 113

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
¶d Man said, 'We'll need some-ean ta look efter aa dis. Some-ea on page 4
n towt dat Adie wid need some-ean ta share aa dis wi, so he med on page 5
Whan dey wir owlder da first ean, Esau, likit ta hunt fir anim on page 11
sal worship me and nae idder ean. on page 16
o dir sheeks. Der wis an owld ean an twa young sisters - da ow on page 17
Also on pages 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 51, 57, 65, 71, 81, 83, 93, 101, 104, 105, 106, 115, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 129, 131, 139, 147, 151, 17, 159, 160, 163, 169, 171
70 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
uldna swim - " ee canna swim, ean ee?" he added, turnan till e on page 117

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Ye ean be sicear about ae thing: the on page 9
r tae say nor "Weel than, you ean be een o thaim an I'se be aa on page 13
ally'," the Queen obsairt. "I ean trou ye fine wuntin aat. Nou on page 68
s, but fit a lick thon Queens ean rin!" on page 97

4 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
when I got up this mornin? I ean juist aboot think I can mind on page 18
rra, for shuir: but I think I ean kick a wee bit!" on page 37
uidnae soum-' ye cannae soum, ean ye?" he speirt, turnin tae th on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. There's a look o excitement ean hur face that kin ainlie belo on page xv

1 matches

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