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The word 'firmly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
firmlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.94225
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 50.1 8 5
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 3
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
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 firmly in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
e fur him,’ said Dumbledore firmly. ‘His aunt an uncle will be
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Haa, Faider," shü whispered firmly, "ta aks Captain John ta fetc on page 34
n fur foster parents," I said firmly, "Cood I mak an appointment f on page 59

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
up ower is sark, anchorin it firmly in place. "Keeps ye tidy." on page 38

1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
at are o heich quality an are firmly a pairt o the bairnies' play;
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
s victim with a knife clamped firmly between his teeth where it wa(2018)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
and mak sure they go back in firmly. See fit happens(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
an fit happened is firmly printed in my mind. Sometime
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae the side an lay the palm firmly flat on the grun tae raise hi
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
t son. This backgrund pit him firmly ablo the real nobility, tae t
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
An' pit him firmly in his place. on page 28

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
pin-point death stares aimed firmly in ma direction. The evil eye on page 31
d wae. As he turned and faced firmly in ma direction it wis clear on page 99
him ah ken his eyes are still firmly fixated oan me. Ah kin actual on page 152

3 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
lganger o him. Wi that thocht firmly in ma mind I sat excitedly in
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Anchored firmly in yer faith's foundations, on page 18
Her een wir firmly fixed oan the groun, on page 59

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
condescendin wee smirks aimed firmly in ma direction, tae. They te on page 35

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
gey aften gallus, furthie, an firmly steidit in the cosmopolitan E
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
family,” sayed the Tibetan firmly. “They won’t call you a l
r seats,” the vyce repeatit firmly, than there wis silence.
ng the bus,” sayed Mrs Bose firmly.
“Na,” sayed Rongye firmly. “Absolutely no. Thon sille
4 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
feel him press himsel’ more firmly intae us, before scramblin’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s mooth. Everyboady hus moved firmly tae the edge ae their seats.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ish," said the Cater. pillar, firmly; an thir wis silence fir a fe on page 50
fle yer doughnut!" said Alice firmly, an the Queen wis silent. on page 79

2 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
'Naw, ah say, firmly. 'It's the writin ah'm intae. on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Firmly stuck ahint her ears and thro on page 83

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
year, man.’ he sais, still firmly believin it tae be true.
lookin at his saucer eyes, ah firmly believe it. ‘Ah’m wired m
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
oor first meetin, placed him firmly in the fuckin sexual deviant
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Hes truth at all times firmly stood, on page 36

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Anchort firmly in yer faith’s foondations,
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e them. Their family tree was firmly rooted in the deep, dark fore
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'You,' said the wee prince firmly. on page 39

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'No,' ah say, firmly. 'It's the writin that ah'm i on page 12

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n in Glesca, this eediom haed firmly ludged in ma inner mind, an n on page 34

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
caw aff the play," Klaus said firmly. "Hae ye howked onythin oot f on page 86
rns," they'd said, kindly but firmly. "And as the auldest, it'll a on page 117

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
firmly insert the spurtle and gie hi on page 32

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
afore thair days. The buik is firmly steidit in the hinner Middle on page 130

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