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The word 'worthy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
worthyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82215
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 2
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 7
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 worthy in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
an, I would have to say, it's worthy of the great Corbeille a Papi on page 58

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
truck is roadworthy." " Road worthy" spluttered
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Raisin' hillocks o siller for worthy causes. #Danceathon(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
, are baith sat oan the vomit-worthy, cream leather couch. Craigy on page 129
e, likes. He gave performance worthy ae Broadway. As soon as they on page 196

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A tale worthy o some auld Scots ballade, on page 21
A worthy 'Justice Meenister'! on page 34
a furthie true-heartit worthy an sadly lamentit frien. This on page 110

3 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ears again. It wisnae picture worthy, but it wis sommat. She micht
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
A tale worthy o some auld Scots ballade,
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
He wis brave an’ worthy too.
Worthy, loved an’ needit.
2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t - a test tae see if ye are worthy o the next life. Dreams o dae on page xxi
Savin up fur a film-star worthy ootht wis ma first priority w on page 75

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aa: Lord, I amnae worthy tae resaif ye on page 97

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
MacDiarmid appear to think it worthy of consideration that the Eng
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
is uised tae gie support tae worthy causes roond aboot.
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
faimily an existence worthy o human dignity, and hae it e
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
n’t use iy just now. It is a worthy endeavour to try to increase (2019)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
glish 24/7 tae be thocht o as worthy o respect. https://t.co/EgPBA (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
gh o iz left tae coont as yin worthy yin!" on page 14

1 matches

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