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The word 'hopefully'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hopefullyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.45930
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.9 16 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 3
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 25.4 19 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 hopefully in Corpus

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Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
ime wi’ll gae ye a subject. Hopefully, fok will mind words or phras

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a lot te myn." Ronnie lookit hopefully it his pal. "An if ye're aat on page 57

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
y Comin fae Amazon neist wik. Hopefully(2020)
FCPins Jist settin summin up, hopefully ower i wikkend I'll hae a wee(2020)

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Meandering tae mah kip...will hopefully sleep easy...unlike some rich (2022) twitter link

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ill makin’ hawn sanitizer....hopefully een o’ thon trees ye plunt m(2020)

@cligeey tweeted
fine folk wis gan next month hopefully Auchnagatt if wer lucky(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
1 @muffin260785 @maracelt aye hopefully. Il maybe go oar n see aboot (2013)

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@Historic_Ally Aye, I’ll hopefully get a wee trip doon te Tannad(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 hopefully :-) jist a bit wabbit!(2012)
ol no, need a new radiator so hopefully by end o wk :-((2011)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae defuse the situation and hopefully stoap ma parents fae wantin t on page 198

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ntae the van, Lizzie," I said hopefully. "We'll be done in a meenit." on page 25

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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
author nae worries big yin - hopefully catch up wae u sometime at a (2021) twitter link
kdiamondfm great idea guys - hopefully elc will have a look at this (2020) twitter link
e play offs r going ahead and hopefully they will all b on live strea (2021) twitter link
etc etc - so it can work - hopefully the eos kin poo a few strings (2020) twitter link
- aye fair doos - the hype hopefully will carry the lads through a (2020) twitter link
and 9 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ty, an ah said, Sull sore but hopefully itll be awright fur next week on page 25

1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
nts coverin aw the genres – hopefully still aboot, but probably get
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
he waater! Tae be diplomatic, hopefully professional an’ cause nae
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
very symbolic. The poem says, hopefully clearly whit A believe, Flowe
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
be guid for him,” she sayed hopefully. “Ye ken he canna wirk in t
they daena. Bit,” he addit hopefully, “ony o thaim cud be wir fr
teecular mine. Hopefully, they didna even ken that the
3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
lain time wae the wee man and hopefully gee masel a chance tae furget
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
d tae hersel, (no awthegither hopefully), "Ah'll no hiv ony pepper in on page 87

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Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hame. . .’ Pearcey replies, hopefully.
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Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gied me, ah stare intently - hopefully.
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
there's a pool here,' ah say, hopefully. on page 5

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
wi hur tail between hur legs. Hopefully, it willnae be lang. She's a on page 60
ah'm nae lang fur this world. Hopefully, this will gie hur the kick u on page 114

2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ntae choppy watters. Mair (an hopefully mair coherent) analysis wull
1 matches

Macdonald, Ileene Fit’s it aa aboot?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
their voices heard. This will hopefully continue as mair and mair fow
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
in hospital waiting room and hopefully gettin injections in ma left (2014)
ay! Gutted a wont be there??. Hopefully be able to come tae one o yir(2015)
ismorning #AskJeff Just gonna hopefully get people thinkin! Should th(2015)
ry you've been feelin poorly. Hopefully yir fightin fit again soon. H(2016)
o_music Hae a guid yin matey! Hopefully see you soon. xxx(2017)
and 1 other occurrences.

@billykayscot tweeted
avourite events o the year - hopefully we’ll aw be back thegither a(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
It disnae bear thinkin aboot. Hopefully the infections ur ahint him.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@JayRobWard @ferguson2811 Hopefully ma freend. Hopefully(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
bership will see that soon - hopefully in time. You probly remember, (2022) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
welsh Very gid hen ya fandan! Hopefully back tae work the mora, bein (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
rlier and paintwork fixed.... hopefully the last ???? (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
aein a nicht in a braw hotel. Hopefully they hae big fluffy hoosecoat (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
'll be hattered wi it. Though hopefully no chatty ??(2020)
wis gey braw fun tae mak and hopefully folk enjoyed watchin it! Ma n(2020)