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Use in varieties of Scots

hiya Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 18.5 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences3936 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors10 8 1 1

Occurrences of hiya 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.

Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Frances and he tried tae say hiya. Ah ignored him. Jist flat oo on page 1

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Said, 'Hiya hen, are you aw richt?' on page 6
'Hiya, Wolf said. 'It's ainly me.' on page 36
'Hiya, Pig. Hope ye're feelin braw. on page 46

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
"Hiya, Daddy,' she said doucely. 'D on page 33
n. Suddenly the parrot said, 'Hiya, hiya, hiya.' It wis exactly on page 37
dinin-room across the lobby. 'Hiya, hiya, hiya!' it said. on page 39
'Hiya, hiya, hiya!' cried the voice again. on page 40

18 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, she shoutet doon the phone. Hiya Merry Crimbo tae you too. So on page 42

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
"Hiya! Guid mornin! Fit like, quine on page 133
am oot o the television set. 'Hiya, Maw!' it said. 'Hiya, Da! Ho on page 152

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Hiya, Mary." Hughie gave her a pec on page 38
s wi a filled washin basket. "Hiya, Hughie. Gie's a hand, will y on page 44
rway. "Hye, Hughie. C'mere!" "Hiya. Whit's up?" He followed Joey on page 45

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a quick hiya boys tae the smithie an the m on page 79

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Hiya Jake,” says I, finally oot
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Hiya. We cried it a scatter an it (2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
smithycroft282 @scotslanguage Hiya @_Erinboyle_! We'd be awfu gl (2021) twitter link
@scotslanguage @billykayscot Hiya Michelle! Email info@scotslan (2019) twitter link
las @LAEL_LU @LinguisticsGuru Hiya John - jist tae clarify, are (2019) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Hiya," said Joyce, pullin er t-shi on page 44

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Hiya, Morrice!" on page 12

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@scotsradiomedia Hiya folks, soondin guid. Ken Ah'v(2020) search twitter