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The word 'yea'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yeaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus39.813217
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 98.8 17 9
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 349.9 107 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yea in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
we'd still have a problem for yea (2020) twitter link
legendary baker is long gone. Yea, I strongly recommend a trip (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
döin some faat ta me brain, yea, but noo on page 47
"Yea, dat sam," said da Hat-makker on page 73

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Yea even trowe da darkest on page 29

1 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Bert cut in an said, "Yea, yea, brush me teeth." on page 17

2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"Yea, laekly dat," sed Sheltie Pra on page 35

4 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
h a lang weary day as he wis, yea, an night tö, come ta dat. G
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Yea, hit’s definitely practical
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Yea, Da,” she said nearly greet
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@karlpjohnson Yea, eftir Yule I'll no be up age(2020)

@HazelTindall tweeted
@ShetlandLibrary Yea, Shetlan characters need ta (2020)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@Drewratter @MareeToddMSP Yea I doot du's richt! He's no i (2020)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
elkie @Lenniesaurus @ionafyfe Yea I’m seen some o whit @Lennie (2021) twitter link
Yea dis sounds aboot right #Critt (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eter aff o yer hook couse eff yea wisna canny he wid spike ye w on page 1
weis nay coal fyre tae welcum yea, eit weis aw sintral heeten, on page 4
raffin, fyle en thi baakgroon yea cood heer, bleepin an buzzing on page 5
Thi cheyn weis bukkrem ticht, yea widda neer playd a choon on c on page 6
tra Licht, an ov coarse eense yea weis oot, yea weis oot air fu on page 7
Also on pages 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 50, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 64, 65, 67, 68
107 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
For it's no for me to gie a yea or nay,
1 matches

West Central

@annieones tweeted
Awsae yer a week oot eh date, yea wur superseded by a yes major (2021) twitter link

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
We dau-dle oor dam-s a-hai-ll yea-r la-n-g... on page 141

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
that of the sun at noon day, yea it was much more pleasant, th
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
souch o the hinner-end o the yea on page 159

1 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
erson878 Howl yur whist, whit yea mean 'had'? ?????? https://t.(2021)