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The word 'aready'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
areadyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22414
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 447.4 4 3
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
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 aready in Corpus

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Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
But Bert wis aready oot da door. on page 17

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
at ma watch an saw that a wis aready late so there wis ane pint hu
1 matches

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
hotel an it wis real posh. It aready hid its giant Christmas tree
It wis aready dark an a the lichts were on.
2 matches

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
un till the morning. Ma belly aready felt as though ma throat wis
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
If I'm nae deid aready on page 166

5 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Nicol1 damn, has it worn thin aready. Jist a couple ;-)(2011)
r why 'live in a city' fan ye aready bide in the kingdom!(2011)
her's had a wee squinty at it aready??!(2011)

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
wa. An frees the flee that is aready dead. on page 66

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
hae maist aready laid again tham thair hale li on page 37

1 matches

General Central

McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s aheid. O is for Hoolet haes aready haed a run at the Arches i Gl
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Inside the ladies are aready ther an gie me a freendly wel

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
y, especialy since a guid few aready hud the buik and still cam ta

@jax6754 tweeted
@jackwhitehall I'm aready tae warch #Cockroaches! xxx(2015)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
it is that @AileenMcHarg hai aready taen the Twitter fan quine La(2020)
@DaniGaravelli1 Ye kennt it aready.(2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
tacyMarks add ti the yins eev aready got :-)(2012)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
but I aready felt in ma bluid, on page 62
hivin aready on page 86

2 matches

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