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The word '-aye'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-ayeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.931
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -aye in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Aye-aye, we Say, on page 18
said aye-aye, oblivious. The boy half-laug on page 30
tae say aye-aye. on page 37

3 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
d oot i' the watter an say aye-aye min! https://t.co/7lvICfYn9B(2018)

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Weel-aye-jist a bittikie," Ailice answ on page 61
he Keing hes gien me his hecht-aye, ye can turn paewae gin ye li on page 78

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
er,' and Wee Grumphie said, 'A-aye. W-will we?' because he wis a on page 55

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Li Po, Tu Fu-aye on awb'die's lips, on page 34

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
tae bae an owl wumman-but thin-aye tae hae lessons tae larn! Ugh on page 35

1 matches

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