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The word 'ex'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
exOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.76038
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 262.1 2 1
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.7 12 6
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 62.4 5 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ex in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
er yet. "Dinno fash, says the ex-yolewife. on page 147

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ex-Scorrie-Ation on page 136

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
bib an brace overalls and an ex-army gretcoat dat he had bowt
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
An ex-meadow pipit and future Peeri(2019)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
d. A think he wis a Warder or Ex Warder bit am nae sure. We wi on page 17
oot cna. Noo, "Baggy" wis an ex skipper a meyn. Fin a geid we on page 46

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he back 0'is han "Curvaceous, ex-page three model, thirty nine on page 52
she wis a thirty-nine-ear-aul ex-model?" on page 57

3 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
me up when they found out ahm ex military..chased them..so ah (2021) twitter link

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
wi sic a grupp on the ex
grupp an ex that wad cleave the hills?
2 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
id feel the heft o that great ex, on page 10

3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
rns75 Fit maks ye think that? Ex St Mirren? (2022) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
wisferguson7 Charge doon fane ex scotland international wiz cl(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
is a Glasgow area born lad & ex Gers player! Considered it - (2017)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
903 @DoricPhrases Not THE AJ? Ex timmer toon?(2019)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
The douce ex-leftie With well-rubbed belly on page 58

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
frae the editor hissel. As an ex-senior pleyer, he kin descrie on page 124

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
Photaes: bairn, ex-wife.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tae him this wis due tae twa ex-Partick Thistle players wha k
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ckin name. Ah wis expectin an ex KGB cunt cawed Ivan the Terri
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
t olive bank brother - as an ex cooncill wurker - a ken how (2020) twitter link
ted aye laddies a guid yin - ex wally bluebell - b oan danie (2020) twitter link
0 ah get it for free - as an ex cooncil wurker n an affiliate (2021) twitter link
@edinburghsport ex gretna coach ffs - need a sa (2020) twitter link
been said until now - am an ex stock car fan but was involve (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in a right bad mood cause her ex-boss withheld her wages an th on page 143
Kelly Campbell's family are ex-directory so they wurnae in t on page 169

2 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
Kelly Campbell’s family are ex directory so they wurnae in t
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
bluidy mains furst (oops the ex-lecturer came oot again there
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
come fae. The wastren ex-provinces o China that had go
ved as a bairn. The notorious ex-miners - ony yin o thaim cud
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Giver is a big scary bastard, ex-rugby coach. Yi hud tae be br on page 49

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
innert wi furniture-shifters, ex-sodjers, cairryin gear oot fr on page 136

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Ex-jockeys aw wi hee-haw money. on page 24

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Ex-actly!' said Mr Tod. on page 51
'Ex-actly,' said Mr Tod. on page 64
Brock. 'Ex-actly, said Mr Tod. 'But let on page 79

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
are regularly up fur sale are ex-council houses. on page 30

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
been that Bridie wis also an ex-chair o the Glasgow Citizenâ€
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
icies nae unpro-life for fowk ex-utero) is whaur his bonnie po(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@ColinBurnett16 As an ex dominie o 32 year staundin A' (2022) twitter link
tens o thousands o socialist ex miners are the night spinnin (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
hallucinatin in their graves. Ex @dundeeunitedfc front man Sim(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
exactly like an aftershave an ex uised tae wear. Ah wisnae pre(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
ord salaries based on the new ex rates. Property & food prices (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
@raymondsoltysek Weel kent in ex-mining communities an ayont. (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
it lang afore A wis born, ane ex-pupil o at
ide yonner; wis Allie Murray (ex-Howpasley Hope herd) an his f
wurkin fur Wat Davies (the ex-Girnwud ferm tenent).
3 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
nHendry16 @JeminaNapier As an ex Deaf professional for 20 odd (2021) twitter link
es, a huv some issues with ma ex-colleagues within. Hence, it (2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
As Ah said ma uncle Bert Dow (ex Dalhanna Drive, originally fa(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ha wuid wus that teuch an tha ex kep skitin’ aff it. At lang
1 matches

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