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The word 'york'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yorkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72518
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 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of york in Corpus

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General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
o the sky like ane o them New York buildins – towerin higher a
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@fittiecrooners tweeted
oot Fittie Bar, half way doon York St & fa on my arse!(2016)
still in the cobble steens on York Street(2016)
Nae getting weet walking doon York St tae Fittie, nae chunce! Mi(2017)
, tell ye fit. Try wacking up York Street wee yer bunnet on towa(2018)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
er - watch the real deal the york cities etc etc - plenty live (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Boston, Chicago, aiblins New York, on page 99

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
tt' an it wes publisht in New York in 1834. This wes an expandit on page 116

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Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
r socht-eftir places like New York an Barcelona are fechtin wi f on page 90

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wis a close pal o the Duke o York that went on tae become James on page 117

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Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
treet. He telt me he wis "Noo York Irish". I says ma great-granf on page 136

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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
. She broat that back fae New York, eh?’’
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Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s. I stopped one night in New York and started the next day for
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Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere d'you think ye are - New York?'
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General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
miles tae the west, New York. Doon on the flat land on page 18

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ame time wi haunling in a New York City hotel. A'd never been ow on page 34

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
New York! New York!
wi ma perty pieces fae New York tae Babylon.
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
A New York highscuil graduate,
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
rhin, a chiel at bydes in New York City, at’s ower young ti ha
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South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Frae New York city, she plied her trade on page 32

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South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
holiday soon - a week in New York wi her pals fae the toon. Wil on page 46

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
r engineerin' depairtment oan York Street. Lately they hae on page 51
5 Lynott tours, New York, Ireland and Great Britain To on page 66

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