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The word 'pays'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
paysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91310
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 2
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 pays in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Deus the shoppeen, pays the bills, on page 23

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
at least, if air are, nobody pays any attention till them-an ye on page 81

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ve, though, Dod, that honesty pays - " began the priest, bit Dod on page 108
till. Och aye, the hoose fair pays its wye. An it keep us oot o on page 110

2 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
rdly believe that! Yer auntie pays and in ye go wi aa the ither
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n offer - not another 1 that pays for that lot lol (2020) twitter link

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
sangs tae nifter wi fame for pays on page 10
but Patrick answered pays. on page 50

2 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
paper. Parozone for which he pays the same price as whisky: 'Tw on page 72

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
these fannies dinnae care who pays for them being arseholes.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purdie, David C. Lallans 90 - Le Vin de Mon Pays, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Southern, poetry
Le Vin de Mon Pays on page 7

2 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
least, if there are, naebody pays attention tae thum-an ee've n on page 83

1 matches

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