Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

dey're	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	10.8	0	0	0	203.4	0	0
Number of occurrences	35	0	0	0	35	0	0
Number of authors	3				3

Occurrences of dey're in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
At dey're wi Alice, in a laand Aa unean on page 5
ed daeks, but na, dat snakes! Dey're never plaised!" on page 53
o; "but if dey dö, weel dan, dey're a kind o snake, dat's aa at I on page 54
ide o da door as dee; second, dey're makkin sic a hooro inside, na on page 57
alang ony o dem at du wants: dey're baith mad." on page 65
Also on pages 69, 81, 83, 85, 98, 101, 102, 103, 110, 120
18 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Dey're better plaesed whaase strent on page 37
Dey're dere fir a start an dan dey'r on page 57
n afore dey aks A'll ken whit dey're seekin. Even da baests 'll li on page 63
ood joost lat dem aff wi whit dey're dön?' on page 71
s, sayin dat it wisna richt. 'Dey're wrocht fir only an oor an wir on page 103
Also on pages 120, 125, 139, 163
11 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
m. Da sea is a hard rodd, but dey're been weel laerned, an dey hae
dey'll be comin. Dey ken what dey're döin.’
n at da pitch o his voice, ‘Dey're ida Soond! Dey're comin in ap
ida Soond! Dey're comin in apo da Saand! Dey're
comin in apo da Saand! Dey're here!’
5 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'Dey're fine for kye an sheep, but if
1 matches