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The word '-year'

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Use in varieties of Scots

-yearOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus000
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
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 -year 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s!" Joyce turnt te the eleeven-year-aul twins, layin inte ane ani on page 39
says, 'Easy-going thirty-five-year-old, wellbuilt, with a GSOH.' on page 50

2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an there ye are in yer twaa-year-aul element on page 14
even as a twaa-year-aul, on page 30

2 matches

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
-new elective course fir third-year medical students aa aboot awa
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
t a table wi the ither 9-to-11-year-aul Adventurers. Ye tak a sip
1 matches

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
y hilltop pub which year-after-year the tourists never seem to di(2019)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
knawledge o Wallace’s fower-year trip abroad should be sae dru
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
, but nearer-haun, his seventy-year-auld _ mither shouts again. on page 1

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
Gowanlock hed lampit a fourth-year laddie, the doctor's gon, squ on page 83
ent frae ither, tae a thirteen-year-auld. on page 84

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
took me for lover: The seiven-year bliss on page 4

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
atic. He hud jist served a two-year sentence fur GBH when he atta on page 20
he hysterical greetin ae a six-year auld. on page 40

2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eel-kent adult book fur a four-year-auld lassie? Her first thocht on page 9
The ten-year-auld laddie scrieved the twa on page 45
how. She hud never kent a five-year-auld afore, or even a ten-yea on page 67
e kent there were gey few five-year-aulds wha could dae it. on page 70
vens, ah'm no haein a wee five-year-auld nyaff sittin wi the big on page 82
Also on pages 89, 90, 95, 96, 112
12 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
y deith o their faither the 24-year-auld John wis pitten in chair
n wis pitten in chairge o twal-year-auld William’s education. I
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o the opposite spec
tae be approached wi a fifteen-year-auld girl o the opposite spec
, whan did Ah last hae a three-year booster? Ah canna think ... y
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
assies: Alice Liddell, the ten-year-auld daughter ae the Dean ae on page v

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
is brither John - held a five-year tenancy in Netherwood, whaur on page 78

2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
goes in seven-year cycles, the man said, and he' on page 18

2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
haed eschewed the ordnar fower-year college education at Kate an on page 28

2 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
auf a dozen fresh-faced twelve-year-old boys. The rest o the cles on page 42

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
is expectit tae kiver the five-year period frae 2028 on page 57

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
page. The pictur shawed a nine-year-auld laddie wha wis sae muckl on page 26
"The nine-year-auld laddie wis seatit afore on page 39

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
, Andrew Surname (twinty-fower-year-auld). on page 13

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t stanes. Like maist fowerteen-year-aulds, she wis richt-haundit, on page 2

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
reckoners o five-year-plans - Czamer on page 8
an Wenceslas' thoosan-year-aald chaipel on page 40

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Fae then on, the aince-a-year bird wis left oot on its silk on page 106

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Afore expires the thrie-year warranty." on page 114

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
eist. As the mither of a three-year-auld, Ah'm vera muckle awaur on page 56

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
o history's mony thoosan darg-year. on page 107

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
ettles tae estaiblish whit 12-year-auld pupils in Edinburgh
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ky wey, athin a thoosand licht-year or sae, micht coud be the bra
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
stert kicherin. For sieventeen-year-aulds
1 matches

Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
an in 2015 they lencht the twa-year post o Scots Scriever that wo
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
sly nae threat, or whan a twal-year auld wean is shot deid for pl
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
is an ill thing ti tell a five-year-auld bairn: ‘The way you sp
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
reply tae Robert Fergusson 250-year oan on page 27

1 matches

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Fou blythe, the fowr-year-auld caas oot, on page 15

1 matches

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