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The word '-er'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-erOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.931
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
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
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 -er 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.

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The Guit-er on page 22
the guit-er hingan fae his hand again. on page 23

4 matches

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae me heid in the 'head chop-er-off-er'; cowld and very scare on page 29

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ye'r wirth ten o Fenella-fit's-er-face." on page 31

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Och, ye big lee-er, Wittgenstein, Ah nivver did! on page 91

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
could’v. His airmy wis smaa-er an fester. The fact that the
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ey huv this tiny box room, wee-er than the yin at oor hoose an on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
s, an on the ither haund a wee-er nummer o Scots language upste
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
used that the'r a want for sma-er groups tae tak forrit indivee
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
key; an if 1t makes me git wee-er, ah kin creep unner the door; on page 14
hought. "Ah must be gittin wee-er again." She goat up an went t on page 20
e ayeweys growin bigger an wee-er, an gittin telt whit tae dae on page 35
ger, it's goat tae make me wee-er, ye'd hink." on page 40
bit bigger, then a wee bit wee-er, till she'd goat hersel doon on page 53

5 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
isnae aye growin bigger or wee-er, an bein bossed aboot by mous on page 34
er, I'd jalouse it' mak me wee-er, I hope." on page 39
ther side will mak ye grow wee-er." on page 44

4 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
en they are awfie wee much wee-er than yersel they shaw that so on page 1
ae the name, she wis a lot wee-er than the heid cook hersel. He on page 38

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
vision, it ayewis cams oot wee-er than it wis when it gaed on page 145
he same bar! It's jist got wee-er on the journey, that's aw!' on page 147

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'It's gettin wee-er,' Geordie said. 'Look it, Da. on page 91
en Grannie sterted tae get wee-er. She had sterted aff wi her h on page 99
But she didna stap. Wee-er and wee-er she got ... doon a on page 100
ed Mr Kranky. 'She's still wee-er gettin!' on page 101
stap her gettin even mair wee-er?" on page 102

6 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
le. 'I thocht Teegers were wee-er than yon.' on page 23
front door micht be gettin wee-er.' on page 52
' in a couthie wey tae the wee-er yins, he waved a loof at them on page 70
ey it used tae when it wis wee-er, but snooved alang mair slowl on page 85
d said it wid dae, and the wee-er yin cam oot efter, which wis on page 87
Also on pages 103
6 matches

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
And strang-er nor my mither’s.
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Daily Record Building on the Banks of the River Clyde, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
Record’s praisent – an wee-er – HQ is neist door, while i
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
wisnae ay growin bigger an wee-er, an bein ordered aboot b' mic on page 34
iz bigger, eet must mak iz wee-er, Ah suppose." on page 39

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
firmer grund, or juist on free-er grund? An whit aboot semantic on page 5

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whae staun whaur faur wee-er men yince stood, on page 20

1 matches

Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
iks ye want tae brak intae wee-er bits raither nor read it at y on page 84

1 matches

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