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The word 'aalways'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aalwaysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.9294
ORK - Orkney 268.3 27 3
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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 aalways in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
That's cheust the wey hid's aalways been. on page 5
He'll aalways drive me tae the toon bit he on page 7
He aalways keeps me up tae date, whitivv on page 10
Ah'll aalways bi example lead - on page 27
And I aalways tried tae dae me bit. on page 28
Also on pages 35, 36, 37, 42, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 63, 71, 72, 77, 79, 83
25 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
gaan aboot thur day, aalways on page 9

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
t in fashan Mrs Dursley, sheu aalways got worked up at any mention
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Ah'll aalways love dee," shü said, as shü on page 28
t too, wis an added bonus, an aalways a cause a graet argument on d on page 93

2 matches

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