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The word 'qu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
quOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7288
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
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) 971.7 11 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 163.5 9 1

Occurrences of qu 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

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
usin words like pelao (loon), Qué vaina (fit a scunner), came (2021) twitter link

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ème est de choisir la langue qu'on devrait employer. on page 35

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
e old lady knows: “ce n’est qu’un au revoir mes frères, ce(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
'Deil tak the day!' qu'she. on page 9
'Ay, richt,' qu' she, 'you on page 15
'Noo luk,' qu' he, 'whutiver they daen or w on page 16
Pat said. Qu' Rab, 'Ay so.' on page 19
Or 'Bliddy loass o time!' qu'she. on page 31

10 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
saison fleetin ain sae quïck. on page 13

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
"Wud ye quat yer spittin", qu' he, "whut's wrang"? on page 19

2 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
n be richt,” Gerald reponed quäck.
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
fferin ïn. Soart thïngs oot quïck wi yer enemie that ïs ta on page 5
ut tha taichers wur sayin, an quïzzin thaim. Aa that heerd h on page 73
ayed tae hïm, eftèr he haed quït, "Loard, lairn iz hoo tae on page 89
Whaniver Jesus quït taakin, tha Pharisees an t on page 91
ul hïs sarvin man, 'Gang oot quïck ïntae tha raas an tha en on page 95
Also on pages 97, 98, 99, 102
9 matches

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