A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'daa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.894
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 daa in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"Whit's this fur, Daa? Whit's that fur?" His questi on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
manageable wi Granny an Auld Daa's labour wi nae help fae mach
rake is special. It wis Auld Daa's winter's wark, sitting on h
e, cis I'm no very tall. Auld Daa tweated da teeth a me rake oo
3 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
Daa Lowrie, kin you please tell w
t at da tought o no hivin dir Daa tae hae sprees we.
Daa Lowrie?”
Daa I tink Willy Winky is come ta
4 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
I askit my Daa
1 matches

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