| prefer | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 12.6 | 41 | 34 |
| ORK - Orkney | |||
| SHD - Shetland | 11.6 | 2 | 2 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | |||
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 9.8 | 3 | 2 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | 10.9 | 1 | 1 |
| DOR - General Northern | 17.7 | 4 | 4 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 7.6 | 3 | 2 |
| WCE - West Central | 23 | 5 | 4 |
| DUN - Dundee | |||
| EDN - Edinburgh | 12.5 | 2 | 1 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 22.8 | 5 | 4 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 19.9 | 15 | 14 |
| 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) |
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
win on da pavement. I doobt I prefer my country hom, even wi noisy(2013)
Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tie assured im. "I'd actually prefer it to be in full view." on page 25
1 matches
@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa wud prefer it tae read Dinna gee yer g(2017)
McFarlane, Ishbel Maun we mak new wirds fir a chyngin warld?, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
atin’s ower mongrel an they prefer Proto-Indo-European for chats
1 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ocht o as 'the dream team'. I prefer tae cry thaim 'superheroes' f
1 matches
Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Or mibbes ye prefer tae lie wauken at nicht, hauf on page 107
ure as the Well o Spa; ithers prefer on page 111
2 matches
Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
t, she hates it. She’d much prefer if her bed wisna made at a, i
1 matches
@MizLiot tweeted
uid choice o words the day! I prefer "ain" an "yin" though I have (2021) twitter link
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ew score notes in yir hand. A prefer that anyway. A Berghaus wid b on page 7
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
y or ah kin meet ye if ye’d prefer.”
1 matches
Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hough. Some ay the youngsters prefer tae blatantly ignore the opin
1 matches
Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
’ll tell yae how…cos they prefer peckin’ away at ma fuckin
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
estit in the law. Mebbe she'd prefer tae come and gie me a haund i on page 85
1 matches
Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Romauncin nems prefer tae lurk an lair on page 47
1 matches
Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n cairry. Weel... unless ye'd prefer siller, that is." on page 30
1 matches
Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
no meant tae get aboot, Ah ay prefer tae tell the truith an shame on page 56
1 matches
Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘I prefer astrostravaiger,’ said Doug
1 matches
Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
e, January 2018. Fer theym as prefer it in prose. (albeit peasant
1 matches
astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
“A prefer the music fae a Sidhe piper,
1 matches
Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
r aa I love Oor Wullie (tho I prefer The Broons – ‘broun’ wa
1 matches
@jax6754 tweeted
! An if am bein honest a muxh prefer your cover than the Oasis ori(2014)
@MartinBroon tweeted
@sheenz_m_ A know whit wan A prefer....??. ??. ??(2020)
@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
uck Freedom come all ye.... I prefer that tae what we have any day(2019)
@OliphantWullie tweeted
te the propaganda o those who prefer for that control tae remain a (2022) twitter link
@fairpechtoot tweeted
h dae like a snowball, but Ah prefer a German biscuit (Empire bisc(2018)
@weenell3 tweeted
@AngelaM04920112 I prefer Stephen's tae Greggs.... ?? o (2022) twitter link