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Use in varieties of Scots

sey Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 31.3 0 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences6462 0 0 0 0 2
Number of authors13 11 2

Occurrences of sey 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

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Weel dinnae sey ...' on page 35

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Tae sey we wir the sartorial conter o on page 26
e made it then?' Ah heard him sey, it the like time grabbin the on page 27
thin o a breeshle bit Ah cuin sey, haund oan hert, ilka day syn on page 32

3 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ir pit oot oan a sidebuird an sey whae hud wuir whit streep. Ah on page 80

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ebodie culd fin oniething tae sey straucht oot agin it. Sae the on page 14

8 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
wey o pittin that wuid be tae sey 'think fer yersel'. An whan i on page 15
egacy o resentment some micht sey justified political anger - on page 17
Westminster sey oniethin? No that A've heard. on page 18
wis that awbuddie cuid hae a sey gin they wantit, an whan they on page 31
stocrats an kings ~ hid total sey in whit happenit is jist have on page 32
Also on pages 64, 78, 80, 84, 94, 104, 111, 113, 127
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
the mairriet men tho, A daur sey there were a few o them that on page 47
oggers on the Criss-Cross did sey there were an awfy lot o Aibe on page 51
'Whit did ye sey ye cry this stuff?' on page 73
He didnae sey it wi onie kind o freendlines on page 120

4 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
An ma ladies sey, "Has God forsaken ye, on page 23
Ye canna sey I attacked ye first! on page 32
I ken whit ye sey - on page 33
oort. He was threatenin, some sey on page 35

4 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s by the secretary (wha wadna sey a thing onywey) and is on the on page 72

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
sture airms, is muckle's tae sey, lit's see ye daein that, ye on page 65

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
'Gin ye cannae sey onythin guid aboot a biddy, s on page 16
in wi bairns. 'Come awa, Ah'l sey he wis deid whan we fund him. on page 17
Ah daur sey a wheen o fowk wuidnae be fau on page 18

8 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Widnae sey no onywey boays.’ He’d a
en the hooses. Mair richt tae sey it hid aince been a gressy st
2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ware that’s throu its alpha sey an haes been gien ower tae a
n ower tae a wheen uisers tae sey again afore its offeecial rel
2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
wee brither, you!” she’d sey (ay supportive ma mither ken?
t’s twinty past,” she’d sey.
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
database Janice wrate for her sey-piece, an filterin on yae nam
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
” she funs it in hersel tae sey.
“Well, well,” Mither’d sey, contentit. “Best chaff on.
2 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
s language” the same? A’d sey it’s no.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
e English speech; thon is tae sey, in muckle the ae wey as an E
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
It is mair nor fine tae sey in Scots, ‘A seen’, ‘A
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
the 2015 edition gangs on tae sey, is “a common theme in cont
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
orum and Scottis. Thon is tae sey, it was cried the leid o the
nly cried Inglis. Thon is tae sey, it was referrit tae as “En
2 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
An lea tha deep-sey tang'l root Abane tha tap. on page 25

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
feet in pirlin rock pools tae sey the watter an the saut stangi
1 matches

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