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The word 'yerself'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yerselfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2179
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
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 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yerself in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Sade his fayther; "dinna give yerself airs! on page 47
t all a richt way o expressan yerself." on page 59

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll either win thair respeck yerself or no ava. They’ve got less
suppose ye think ye’ve got yerself an easy nummer?”
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
is, aye? Fine then. Sit there yerself like a saddo.' Ah cin hear ev on page 8
'Fuckin pull yerself the gither, ah say tae mah re on page 9
'You've shat yerself, eh?' ah enquire, He nods tae on page 14
isco,' ah say. 'Mind you shat yerself?' on page 23
'Calm yerself, it'll be awrite,' ah say tae on page 31

5 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
t hae made a complete fool o' yerself wi' that man.
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
innae deserve some treats fer yerself ??(2020)
ob, dae it for Scotland if no yerself.(2020)
AngelaHaggerty Well ye jinxed yerself ?? see ye about 1am ??(2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
Aye keep yerself calm and bow tae yer Imperial(2018)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
er it on his belly. "Ye watch yerself, young Hughie," said Sally. " on page 41

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
"Dinnae fash yerself ower it Faither, fur it's har on page 8

1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
big white loaf that ye sliced yerself tae hae wi the jam fer yer te
1 matches

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