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Use in varieties of Scots

envy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 4.6 15.1 39.7 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences259 10 4 2 0 0
Number of authors19 8 7 2 2

Occurrences of envy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
n leid is a thing o wunner an envy tae me, but there's no awfie on page 3

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e feel gratefoo, we feel less envy an' regret, an' we feel mair on page

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
a strange soart ae wey ah did envy that aulder generation. It wi on page 89

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
life's a battle whaur envy is shairp, an slanders aye fl on page 119
'Ah Bolanus, hou ah envy thon het-heidit temper o your on page 123

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n the life o Riley. She's the envy o Thistlegate and nae wonder. on page xix

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
orld are gonnae be greetin wi envy fur no haein claes like yon. on page 62

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
e. Aa cause for gret juvenile envy. An whan he got his name on a
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
s It's a wan-aff. Ye'd be the envy o aa yer pals.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Sittin there - I envy ye sairly on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fun ersel gaun near green wi envy: er ain wardrobe owed mair te on page 30
he Earth bi the sins o greed, envy, pride an ither mortal misdem on page 77

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yer a bitty auler, files some envy on page 15
envy yer pout on page 50

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Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
tae hae focht in Spain. Dinna envy me.”
1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
Aye. True. I’ve got glais’s envy noo. Need to get me some cool(2019) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
Oo bleuch. Dinna envy ye that ane!(2011) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ool_GB Getting severe Festool envy.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
oot o envy or greed on page 8

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Though some turned green wi envy fur they got no Valentine. on page 9
lf GTI. I sit there, green wi envy bit hid's cheust a dream fur on page 65

3 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
o hae whiskers ony Viking wid envy?”
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
shores. I'm a bit struck with envy ??(2020) search twitter

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