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The word 'by-ordinar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
by-ordinarOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81912
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 by-ordinar in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ummer lang, tae celebrate the by-ordinar staundart o maet that is prod
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
speakers, threipit this wis a by-ordinar letter an speirt gin nane o t
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
mind that she had met a truly by-ordinar mathematical brain, and words on page 68
Mrs Wormwidd that Matilda wis by-ordinar. It'd likely be mair tricky t on page 85
here wi guid news aboot her. By-ordinar news, Mr Wormwidd. Could ah m on page 86
noo, dead slowly, an unco and by-ordinar feelin sterted creepin ower M on page 158
ldin up inside them. It wis a by-ordinar feelin. She kept her een stea on page 159

5 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
le o kintra weemenfolk, maist by-ordinar in auncient scrievins, wi mai on page viii

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
licat lings o hir feigur, the by-ordinar delyte an perfit cullourin o on page 1

1 matches

Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
l malverse. Aiblins the maist by-ordinar o Playfair’s adventurs wis
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
s evenliness o chairacter and by-ordinar pouers o wark. Efter the hors on page 6

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
o aa kinna by-ordinar faks that leave me ahint, on page 100

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
els. Whiles fowk mentiont the by-ordinar chynge i their lives whan new on page 9

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Ah hae by-ordinar respeck for the views o the m on page 56

1 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
cipe for a birthday cake or a by-ordinar meal, or a list o items or fo
could be an invitation tae a by-ordinar moment in history or a person
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
y! A’ll ne’er forleit hou by-ordinar it wur tae mei, tae wutness;
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
by-ordinar or ilkaday oot nocht but pape on page 60

1 matches

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