A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

deys Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.1 6 0 0 0 0 19.3
Number of occurrences1712 0 0 0 0 5
Number of authors7 4 3

Occurrences of deys in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
In thae deys, Kings waur twa tae a penny. on page 13
Noo in thae deys, Aud rousit late frae hir bed on page 14

6 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
n wi me maist o the time thir deys Morag. Dae ye want me tae kee on page 1

4 matches

Swan, Michael Lallans 102 - Mebbi Ah Spak Owre Suin, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
kes back in the auld tenement deys, except thair wis stour auwha on page 96

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
in fae Aiberdeen. In the auld deys ye’d hae illegal whisky mak
1 matches

Ulster

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
ne think am oul. Onywye noo-a-deys A think ouler folk ir naw gee
ms tae bae tae tha fore noo-a-deys. Whiles A think wae ir mair i
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
but A think at Krisamas noo-a-deys, wae hae kinnae forgot tha ra
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
thats naw tha wye it is noo-a deys. Tha Ullans tongue haes baen
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
ver't some grun, but mae best deys be's done, I'm
1 matches

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