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The word 'erin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
erinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of erin in Corpus

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Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@erintz Thanks Erin!! See dee in Shetland, can't (2018)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
e see ye Carolle and tae meet Erin and Frankie - yiv deen a gra (2022) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 yae n Erin's in Elgin n bringin back ind(2011)

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Until they tint auld Erin's brogue on page 48

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
‘Your sister Erin has been ootside for ages. Sh
bbe ye better ask yer sister, Erin.’
Erin had jist come in the back doo
Erin,’ said Jordan. ‘Where’s
Erin lauched. ‘Look oot the wind
6 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Won'erin if hae dare ask hir, "can A g on page 18

1 matches

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush Untitled poem, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
We've bards an a' frae Erin's land that even talk the sam
1 matches

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