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The word 'sortae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sortaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.6186
ORK - Orkney
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 28.1 11 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 sortae in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
In this sortae situation the last cunt yae w on page 65
fae Argos. This boozer is the sortae place yae widnae inflict oan on page 67
back at The Carousel. It's a sortae tradition, ken? And oan that on page 98
ah try no tae listen tae that sortae hing. Better jist judge fur m on page 101
he boay says, in an impatient sortae wey. on page 104
Also on pages 107, 116, 132, 156, 198
11 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sayin tae hersel, in a dreamy sortae wey, "Dae cats eat bats? Dae on page 10
findin it awfy nice (it hid a sortae mixed flavour ae cherry-tart, on page 13

2 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
manoeuvre intae position and sortae hover over the pan. But then on page 61

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
d ae the needle. It's a weird sortae beige colour, which ah wisnae on page 2

1 matches

General Central

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
o ye micht win throch tae sum sortae unnerstanin o the warth o the on page 59

1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
Folk chynge their name tae a sortae spooky pun fir Halloween.(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
banana and a coffee and a big sortae tattie scone hingy fae a vend
1 matches

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