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The word 'ferry'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ferryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.45027
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 95.6 9 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 36.4 8 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 ferry in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Tak the ferry ower fae Scrabster, whar the on page 37

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
shaef fer the next Autonomist ferry tae tak tae a bankeen staetio on page 113

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
mony cars fur hit wis da last ferry. Shö fan a peerie nyook ta h
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
een followed by an ower night ferry back tae Lerwick. Fokk used t(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
On wir way tae catch da ferry doon sooth tae Aberdeen for #(2016)
northern diver) fae da Fetlar ferry #badbirdphoto #Shetland http:(2015)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the car, she'd yakkit on the ferry, an he'd stairtit te fantasis on page 38

1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
atter an hid cast aboot for a ferry back hame it nicht faw. Twa f on page 98

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
at, as he drave aff the Irish ferry. on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
in the mornin, tae catch the ferry tae Mull. Ey hid their
breakfast on the ferry, ey were keepin a e'e on the
the Wee Wifie seen the ferry that wis tae tak em tae Staff
sma fishin boat, made intae a ferry. Up
4 matches

@Franwella tweeted
izarre that ane o th games on ferry is battleships 2 - sinkn shi(2011)
On th new ferry, affa fancy(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
by storm. Heading back on the ferry later so best keep a clear he(2017)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Hercules shauchled ontae the ferry wi the ghaists and bogles. Ch on page 52

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eftir thi gala day in thi Ferry on page 83

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he pier at Leith, tae tak the ferry ower tae Pettycur in Fife, wi on page 25
th tae get tae Dundee. On the ferry ower the Tay they made acquai on page 26
be a boat waitin aff Broughty Ferry tae pick up the laddies that on page 32
ar look-outs doun at Broughty Ferry waitin tae see the returnin s on page 33
crossin attendant at Broughty Ferry an went on tae live a guid la on page 43
Also on pages 92, 104, 117
8 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
is but it ended up more Tom n ferry. They sit uncomfortably wae t on page 58

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Well, we'd get the ferry to Skye and then get the bus on page 3

7 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Forth Brig, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
We yist tae cam doon tae the 'Ferry on page 28

1 matches

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
oor turn, the ferry a fair distance awa yet, on page 39

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* This bus gangs tae Broughty Ferry, and that yin gangs tae Dunde on page 28

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Black smoke fae the ferry's funnel billows up intae the on page xii
ddin ring and back oantae the ferry. on page xiv
e pop oot ma third wean oan a ferry and thocht ma husband wis gau on page xvi
She wis born oan the Renfrew ferry, and the story ended "up in t on page 115

5 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
Stage wan ,find the ferry ?? https://t.co/wlsqQrAASF(2019)

@billykayscot tweeted
aur we wis gaun - “Broughty Ferry...Queensferry etc, etc.(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
take ma brood up tae Broughty Ferry soon! #visocchisbetterwatchoo(2016)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
hare war a lassie in Broughty Ferry that spak aboot the Toe Brig,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
it's the picture the nicht re ferry crossings? on page 28

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
and my family used to row the ferry over the Forth. Love that bit(2020)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ow mornin, get yoursel on tha ferry noo Raiph!???? (2021) twitter link