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The word 'ei'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eiOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus29935
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.9 16 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 520.4 49 1
EDN - Edinburgh 56.5 9 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 224.6 18 1
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 ei in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e likit ma mither ower muckle ei-
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
it's blinndit wi a skyrin o "ei" an "ie"s bein written in mon
Sae insteed o the ubiqitous "ei" an "ie" o 20th Century spell
r certain speecial cases, an "ei" juist as a diaphoneme (expla
The letters "ei" is uized tae write wirds tha
her guid raeson for no uizin "ei" aawhaur, or even at aa, forb
5 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
oussed out. A tirned a blinnd ei. Ti dae
aw avyse. Waatchit bi ivverie ei, Tammas corssed the brig.
glent in hiz ei agane, tho.
t the Crowner wes dichtin hiz ei. He cuidna fand the store
rand.” He dichtit hiz ither ei. Mirren mynded Napier’s ave
11 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
A man in ah eis glory as ei penned doon on page 3
fae Ayr ah nicht ei did canter. on page 4
O HERE EI CUMS, on page 7
eis bravado ei jist canna separate on page 8
But ei maks a fatal mistake on page 9
Also on pages 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, 49, 50, 62, 63, 76, 78, 79, 100, 101, 108, 118
49 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
A wuid anerlie haud ma wedder-ei apen fur 'a sie-farin man wi on page 5
rik, ye mey compt A'l hae ane ei upo ye day an nicht. A'm no a on page 9

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
pper, an ye maun sleip wi ane ei apen, an be up afoir the skre on page 3

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
the saisons roun cam inti hiz ei. Whan thai begoud ti blok out on page 44
yan tribbilt. Shae keppit hiz ei, lik shae wes priggin fur hal on page 46

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
n the wattir’s ege, kep hiz ei, an in a dwam he settit ti co
tes declered itsell ti be ane ei; an a smaw faiss begoud pece
, wi the samen skinkil in its ei at hed erest tuik hiz tent.
3 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hurry, mutterin tae himsel as ei eame, "Och! Th Duchess! Th Du on page 17
el as she run. "Hoo surprised ei'll b' when ei finnds oot whae on page 33
got tae come doon th lum, has ei?" said Ahlice tae hersel. "Mi on page 37
kin up intue th sky a th time ei was speakin, an this Ahlice t on page 56
m," said Ahlice desperately: "ei's a total eejit!" An she open on page 57
Also on pages 73, 80, 81, 84, 97, 104, 107, 117
18 matches

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