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The word 'vowels'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
vowelsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92211
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland 58.1 10 2
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of vowels in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
you represent aal that funny vowels in Orkney language? For insta on page 8

3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
dy rollin harp o vowels. Whit loss. on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
spokken languages haes baith vowels an consonants. on page 22
2.1.1 Vowels on page 23
low an d'ir seemlar tae maist vowels. Dis kinds o obstructions can on page 25
Shaetlan haes lang an short vowels baith. Hoosumivver, de'r no w on page 28

9 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
it maks vowels, consonants, souchs on page 75

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
n efter a "t", "r" an certain vowels;
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an meh vowels on page 16

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
als, sherp consonants an pure vowels, is a bittie mair sib tae the on page vii

1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the combination of long, flat vowels and guttural fricatives…wer
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
hit are kent as braid or back vowels (sic as in loch) as weel as t
er sae-cawed slender or front vowels (sic as in dreich).
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
vowels strecht tae the point, on page 5

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ft German dots owre a wheen o vowels! (2015) twitter link