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The word 'eese'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eeseOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.110620
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 173.3 53 10
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 2
DOR - General Northern 208.2 47 9
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 1
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 eese in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ns, bools an odds an eyns Nae eese tae man nor moose on page 15

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
y Geerbox, reverse weisna nay eese, bit eif yea pet er entae a h on page 13
get £3.00 baak, an at's nay eese." So fin Dassin explained eis on page 38

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sgustit wi's freen. "At's nae eese ava. Fin it comes te affairs on page 51
he eyn o'is nose, "ess is nae eese, ava." on page 64
nly thing at yon Alice is ony eese fir is spennin Stanley's sill on page 85

3 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
father. My dother's man's nae eese at duncin," he informed Wulli on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rsel. Ye ken ye're nae muckle eese in the watter - ye canna kee on page 13
i - a mannie wi a van - fit eese is 'netwirkin' till the likes on page 26
"Aat's nae eese - nae if ye wint te find yer on page 53
omunce, ye're aboot as muckle eese as a one-leggit mannie in an on page 54
"Och, c'mon. Ess is nae eese ava." Ruth teen Tamara bi the on page 77

5 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
gin e saut his nae taste fit eese is it? It's nae eese on e gru on page 106

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
It’s nae eese ti you or me!"
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
n o't sae that it can be made eese o an appreciated in aa neuks
cultural heirskip throwe its eese in scrievin, poetry an sangs.
ion an/or encouragement o the eese o regional or minority leids
de in the area far it is made eese o, tae larn tae spik it, if t
ud o support, makin effective eese o online sources like
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
end it onywye, fit fur little eese till he learned the plooman t
l the wye o't, I'm nae muckle eese wi wirds.'
A smaa voice wis nae eese ava fur a precentor. Matthew
nt in the grun, an dinna makk eese o't ava, an yon wis a cruel w
el eneuch, she wid makk gweed eese o her talents, takkin tent o
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
d nae veins left tae makk ony eese o in her airms an legs. She s
Syne he lowpit ontilt, makkin eese o brukken paiddles fur oars.
brunt o the toun's rage. Fit eese fur the Andersons tae say tha
ounglins micht play. Tae makk eese o them, the toun's tenants wa
ft in the heid as Jed. An fit eese wad it serve tae let Neil Dug
11 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
tho folk are sayin, fit’s e eese o gyan intil e baakin competi
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he lassie said, “That's nae eese, Wully, ye winna kill a ghost
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
” quo Jessie. “Can I makk eese o yer watter tae skoosh Kevin
tae the mill puil, an makkin eese o the watter as a keekin glai
an eese fur them!
eese. Maisie Higgins hid skirled a
4 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
//t.co/XXHHutIcpd”. Fit rare eese o the translator min - thanks(2014)
Div ye eese div or dee ye eese dee?(2014)
pik tae yer dog or pet sae ye eese the Doric or spik English? Ah(2015)
Yer as much eese as a.... https://t.co/M5D7OK8(2017)
his structure is an fit it’s eese is? Seen near the shoreline a(2018)
and 3 other occurrences.

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
Cud he eese a hurl, spiert Zander. He was on page 30

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
"Fit eese are ye ony wye?" the hen spei on page 21

2 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ut the tackity buits were nae eese for dancin - so he gaed me a on page 124

1 matches

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
museum because they were nae eese tae onybody. on page 16

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
there's nae much eese in at. Div ee ken, loon, foo on page 10

2 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 83 - Chief wi Een Anither, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
you canna ging oot, kis een o eese days, ee micht be catcht in a on page 83

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
"Mak eese o yer winnerfu een and yer gr on page 121

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"It's nae eese talkin about it," Ailice said on page 24
t tae hersel "Weel, there nae eese in spickin." The vyces didna on page 38
"Fat's the eese o their haein names," the Mid on page 41
s fair gvaan tae wesna muckle eese, an aa she cwid say, efter a on page 45
"Weel, there nae eese you spickin about waakenin hi on page 58
Also on pages 67, 68, 82, 89, 93, 97
13 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ature. Jonsar kent it wis nae eese gaun
im. Aye he thocht at's a some eese. Efter he got hame he hid his
ck thocht you ken this is nae eese ata. Risin
an her directions. It wis nae eese the auld wifie wis fer lost a
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
usual twa taes. This wis nae eese ata, the twa taes jist
eese, bairns an bigger bairns wid
thocht thats nae eese so he phoned the electrician
ivver be be baled. It wis nae eese even for beddin.
Ere's a lichtsome shoor nae eese ata,
7 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
fin I wis a loon! Nae muckle eese tho.(2013)
@standupfarmer Fit an eese... got the aeylskins on aa re(2020)
Oh fit an eese...e wikein at lang last. #sco(2013)
@LauraAlice88 oh fit an eese! Will phone old pop now...(2014)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
itter tae spik e' Doric. Some eese like. Obviously nae an expert(2019)
@Deekthejoiner Some eese min. ?????? Nivver dein draab(2020)
taught me that I'm nae muckle eese aht growin het peppers. Blood(2019)
flooer curry saas mix. Fit an eese.(2020)
a good stock o timmer. Fit an eese!(2020)
and 7 other occurrences.

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
nna try - ye'll ettle ti nae eese, on page 21
Jean: Whit's the eese o me spickin then? on page 27
Whit eese are they ti me? on page 35

3 matches

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