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The word 'derry'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
derryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165212
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 181.5 29 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 3 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 154.6 11 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of derry in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
frisky in a brand-new pair o Derry boots and that's bound tae ga on page 86
irls roond, bit wan o hur new Derry boots is caught oan Kirkness on page 87

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
uik lik Dug-people tae me,” Derry sayed. She huffed. “Thoo wi
idin supplies. Whan Iqbal saw Derry comin wi her gear ower her sh
Life’s dangerous,” sayed Derry. “Ah suppose you do wint a
They argied, Derry pyntin oot that she wis yaise
quirmt. “This is deeferent, Derry.”
29 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
aughs. 'The Young Miltonburgh Derry' on page 7

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
came by here, int ye? Brigton Derry, ya bam.’ the cunt sais an
1 matches

General Central

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Spring term, Magee College, Derry, 1962
Frae Derry Donnie crossed the sea
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
iceesed ‘urban Scots’ — Derry Ceety aye still haes the Scot
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
s of the hit @Channel4 sitcom Derry Girls may not have realised j(2020)
e Fowkgates Nicht 2020 in tha Derry Cittie and Strabane Destrick (2020)
lstèr Scotch Leid Week 2020: Derry Cittie and Strabàne Destrìc(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James A' it taks, (Ullans Press 2000) Ulster, poetry
in Derry;
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha apprentice lads, o Derry toon, on page 33

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
the Twelfth o' Julai an' Derry Day festivals an' parades bri on page 672

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
wheen trilingual yins inaboot Derry. Bilingual yins in Ards were (2017) twitter link
ither George was the Bishop o Derry an a wheen o ither places up (2016) twitter link
Is Bishop George Montgomery o Derry/Augher/Raphoe in thon? (I hae (2016) twitter link
The Gellick scooted up tae L'derry the day! They say the English (2015) twitter link
boot an #UlsterScots (maist o Derry hallions hae yin o thon three (2016) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

@HurchinHome tweeted
@tickledpink47 No slaters in Derry!(2019)

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