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The word 'arnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41812
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 25.1 5 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of arnae in Corpus

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Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ts through and through...they arnae gawn tae please abody but by (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
is nae ower dear. Even if ye arnae big intae the game, it micht on page 3
is argued that 'french fries' arnae actaually French at aa, but a on page 14
on a fine day. If these still arnae eneuch, Oslo has plenty mair on page 16

3 matches

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
we arnae daein eneuch on page 87

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
'ready on the phone the polis arnae aw that bad they lea me tae h on page 3

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
till the age o fower. Lassies arnae sae likely tae hae anither ba
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
rk in the ile an gas industry arnae likely tae finnd new posts on
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Ye arnae daft, work it oot for yersel. on page 26

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
Mind, mebbe wirds arnae aw they'r cracked up tae be.
1 matches

Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
rsels up. Yi ken thit lenses, arnae megic een. Thae fowk dinna ge
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
maist arnae minded tae hear on page 11

1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
It's a lexicon am arnae drunk, no by jingo
It's a lexicon am arnae drunk, no by jingo
It's a lexicon am arnae drunk, no by jingo
It's a lexicon am arnae drunk, no by jingo
4 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Ma sweet darlin Mary, ye arnae contrary, it wasnae yer fault on page 56

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
! Bonnie! Stoatin! Wurds jist arnae enough." on page 64

1 matches

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