A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ey Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words44.1 4.5 126.1 0 209.2 144.7 0
Number of occurrences1439 84 0 36 14 0
Number of authors16 6 5 4 2

Occurrences of ey in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
he wiz daein tae dae it. He's ey bin o that noshun fur iz lang on page 78

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ez chords a millisecond efter ey chyngees, watchin eez hauns. on page 3

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ey're nabbin, choryin, stowin, on page 70

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ot the Saicont Cumin: Haud ye ey wauken, than; [Stap] for ye k on page 136

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
by the ingle-cheek, I sat and ey’d the spewing reek’ and a
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
’s a puckle o them fae Glen Ey:
1 matches

Doric

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ut nae affa teen wi things as ey wir. An in iss wye, man lives on page 26

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ardess wifie stairtit te flap ey airms aboot an pynt te aa the on page 42

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Ey baith teen on eese gweed werd on page 83
'Fit name did ey gie e bairn?' on page 84
Ey got roadit igither an fen ey wun til e kirk, ere ablo the on page 85

7 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Craps fer flat ey div begin tae dreep.
Ithers a hurl on a combine ey div tak.
PRESS YOUR DOONFA 'EY DID HASTEN,
As ey tak on their Winter hue.
For a wee bit shelter ey surley div look.
54 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
de up here as her midder’s; ey cam frae Glesca wye; affa que
dinbro she bides in, e Braids ey cry it; her man, Bryan, mun b
ti begin wi. Fit’n a cliver ey wis, three o em gyan aboot on
t ae wheel. Hoo in e name cud ey bide on em? But ey did, aa e
bide on em? But ey did, aa e time cuistin big st
16 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
™m wearit bit waakrif. I wuss ey wid come hame.
Iss mornin, ey hid cuist oot agane. Anither
me bowk ilka time. Qan an oan ey gid. Roustin at een anither a
3 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
y sinse a bit o a renaissance ey noo though an that fair maks (2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Dis primer is ey bein updaetit. Firbye dat, da on page 3
age spokken ithin Shetland is ey bidden fairly different an hi on page 10
ny idder language variety, we ey caa da language wi its ain na on page 12
s aa da sam. Mairsae, hit wis ey fower distinct dialects: da K on page 14
da wye at da last element is ey braali stressed ithin locatio on page 30
Also on pages 31, 41, 47, 55, 63, 72, 83, 106, 107
16 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
could see naething. Da bairns ey cam ta me, an ey I sent dem i
cam ta me, an ey I sent dem in ta der graandmi
n da world at forteen. An you ey worry, but you say naething.
3 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
An ey wi saft an luckin wirds is va
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ickle o baens is hael you can ey hing a grain mair flesh apon
, an sae ‘no very muckle’ ey means ‘not very much’? Hi
e teached juist da sam as hit ey is been, bit hinders Scots or
n mean onything. Sae you cood ey claim at dae wir a ‘Shetlan
e whet dat, caase da argument ey gied da sam wye.
6 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
sonants, as wis da wye it wis ey been don atidda sooth-aest o

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
you hae ony suggestions I can ey pass dem on.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
man freends. As a bairn I wis ey weel warned tae bide clear o
, he niver forgot aboot me. I ey kent Jeemie wis a guid freend
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
an a peerie coarn tae aet. We ey watch whit we feed him. A bit
id shaakin his claa. “A’m ey blyde tae help a guid freend.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Wir bairns ir ey aaber. Mind when dey geed on
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
as you ken fine weel, Meenie ey manages tae persuade me her w
in tae tell you. But dere’s ey been something dat happened d
eeves an Gutteryaggle. Dey ir ey oot an aboot, you joost hae t
3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Sin hur ey spotted a wee gless box that on page 14
thro intae th gairden wi yin ey: but tae get thro was mair ho on page 16
n tae leave th room, when hur ey spotted a wee bottle that sto on page 33
That eer ey was as steady as e'er; on page 48
nee, an lookin at thum wi yin ey; "Ah seem tae say some meanin on page 120

5 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
fock keeping ae periodic ey on ‘um. Efter sum tyme it w
wi ae warm sense o uimour, an ey hed ae readie tung i
ey mak shuir at Yid wus aa richt
dlins some defeck i hir richt ey.
appearinlie ey ettlin efter daen sumane, sum
9 matches

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