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The word 'yetts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yettsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196223
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 42.5 32 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 112.3 9 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yetts in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"For they’ve blocket ma yetts wi their parkin,
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Hell. It wad bide ootside the Yetts o Heiven till God tuik peety
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
rs. As they dandered frae the yetts o the Culture-cairriers' Sect
Stoor spreeds ower aa the yetts an ower the snibs.
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ak it less dubby in aboot the yetts? Tae dump by-product fae fish (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
? An aabody's sleepin! An the yetts are nae wrocht o gowd!' on page 42

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
steggin frae Cannigait Kirk's yetts an heidin ower til the Poetry on page 10

1 matches

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ang bi and we maun accept the yetts we micht hae taen are aw stee on page 5

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ert lowpit intil hiz mou! The yetts acorss the railwey
the fowersum baklins thro the yetts wi its etin paddok-loks an
ae him. Up throu the auncient yetts an
nixt day Mirren kythit at the yetts o Tornes ti seke sauf havin a
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
coat hingers, claes horses as yetts an there a Hielan coo wi a sp
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
et Matilda ootside the schuil yetts and the twa o them walked in on page 171

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ice), in the neuk ootside the yetts o the Royal High School, desi on page 103
o street ootside the yetts o the Royal High School - at on page 104

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rs trooped oot o the lamasery yetts, weill shod an happit up. Bea
1 matches

General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
killt me, so I flew tae these yetts. on page 61

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
We cam thru the Priorie yetts intae bricht sun an a caulm s on page 14

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
smouls out ayont the roustit yetts. A lanesome muin hings abuin on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
is and aw! It had muckle airn yetts leadin intae it, and a muckle on page 7
e had tae walk richt past the yetts o the factory. And ilka time on page 8
warkers gaun in and oot o the yetts in the mornins and evenins - on page 16
I gang past the factory, the yetts aye seem tae be shut.' on page 17
g hame. Then he shut the main yetts and sneckit them wi a cheyne. on page 19
Also on pages 20, 48, 60, 63, 66, 67, 68, 70, 167
22 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
hure an dram toward the city yetts. on page 14

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
, e'en nou. Efter aw, creakin yetts hings lang. Bit leid daith is on page 9

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
bleck airn o the Abbot Hoose yetts, on page 123

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
apen braid, ay, the yetts o the lift on page 23
yetts o the purpie wulk, ay, an cha on page 28

2 matches

Robertson, James Dr Wha, (Scottish Poetry Library 2018) Central, poetry
that jouks the yetts and rides the birlin wheels
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an the yetts o Heivin ir nearer nou
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e i the Ludge anenst the main Yetts intil the big hoose. Hei wis
yetts i the waitergate. A kan sei â
“A’ll big ma Kirk an the yetts o Hades sanna hae owerance ow
€™d square, an thar’s airon yetts i the mids o the front an bac
nt an back wa’s, makkin the yetts apposeet ilk ither. Nou than,
8 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
lowse me bi the yetts at Heughs o Laggan. on page 11
skites by the Marbroy yetts, on page 57
the yetts an the tooers an braw fantoos on page 77

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n, in Septemmer. Tha oul blak yetts scraik't eneuch on page 10

1 matches

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