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The word 'matey'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mateyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.552
ORK - Orkney
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
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 matey 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.

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
Funnel Caladonian awe the way matey, an another reason tae live i(2014)
Josh! Huggggggssssss tae you matey! Let me know next time yir in(2015)
ackrobbo_music Hae a guid yin matey! Hopefully see you soon. xxx(2017)
up wi @daneybash88. Keep goin matey! xxx https://t.co/yvbPYgG4BL(2017)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Jings Mr Matey works a treat on page 10

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