A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

mei Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.5 1 0 0 5.8 847.6 4.4
Number of occurrences862 0 0 1 82 1
Number of authors9 2 1 5 1

Occurrences of mei in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
t Skaldie, 'soukin doun a fou mei on page 14

1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, whaur two is twae, an me is mei. An ah couldnae hae been mair
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
But - tree o you ta een o meI doot A'll hae ta try! on page 5

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ah wish ee were doon here wi mei! Sorry there's nae mice in th on page 10
" said Ahlice tae hersel, "wi mei gaun oot aw th'gither, lik a on page 13
"Mei, mei! How awfy funny everythin is on page 18
"Would ee lik cats if ee were mei?" on page 21
doon, aw o ee, an listen tae mei! Ah'll sin mak ee dry enough! on page 24
Also on pages 25, 35, 37, 43, 52, 59, 63, 69, 70, 102, 119
21 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
On the Daith o his Guidwyfe: Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
of Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
of Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
of Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
4 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ll A hev tae tak ma swuird wi mei?” Frae at repone ane maun j
’d Bertie, gif ma mynd sers mei richt; Bertie’s ferst job w
e whae played the bagpipes wi mei; i the Hawick Boy’s Brigade
Yid Nichol o The Haugh tells mei, at thay flittit throwe i tha
d bi sayin til hir, “Marcie mei ee kan sei the bairns
44 matches

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
elt be the police. Bit it got mei thinking. There's a grand muc
1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
la whae was standin' next tae mei said tae is that the salmon r
The Cauld looks different tae mei nowadays. They filled in the
2 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
d fish and chip shops forbye. Mei, when ee think o'd, what a hu
1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
A few years ago it seemed tae mei that the support for Remembra
bought a poppy. Was it juist mei or did they no seem hard tae
2 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ae mine. 21 adults on phones. Mei included, and a auld felli wi(2019) search twitter
ng it aboot on yir fork. Pass mei the penne pasta. Stab wi a fo(2019) search twitter
Gets mei that the folk that drags the (2019) search twitter
@thinkfitnessgym mei.at least twice.no been for a (2012) search twitter
ere sayin ti ali george. Pick mei(2017) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Mair beauty than mei richest kin on page 32

1 matches

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