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The word 'leear'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leearOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.21710
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 4
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 leear 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Grandpa telt thee? Thoo're a leear. on page 5

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
er's life wis easy wis a damt leear fa niver cam within a sniff o
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
. They say the Deil's an affa leear. Ah dinna think thon wis Aibe on page 46

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
llered, 'Ye're juist a bluidy leear!' Cherlie funged a cuttin o f on page 59

4 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
an awa inti the lift. Whatna leear maun a wrate that ane! But a
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ndon is eethir a numptie or a leear - an there are monie fowk in on page 89

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wrote stuff in the past wis a leear, jist that whiles we micht be on page 19

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rn, daurin thaim tae cry hima leear.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Howpfu for the honour o a leear, on page 20

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Leear! Leear!' heckled daft Annie ower her on page 59

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Haw you, ya leear! You said ye wid! on page 9

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
t yer ain pace!'" Bluidy auld leear! Ian an Ernie didna trew it t on page 65

1 matches

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