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The word 'byres'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
byresOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.5219
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 74.9 6 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 byres in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s or sculptures or temples or byres - sheu speeds the skiff - o on page 31
e skeul; roon this, the bruck byres, whar Astrid's blide tae spy on page 61

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
the bruck byres, whar Astrid’s blide
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lin fu. He hid seen ower mony byres fo o hungry beasts roarin in
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
es for the weans; Muck reekin byres; wis gentle ti the deer, on page 62

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
cheap stuff that folk use in byres and stables and hen-hooses. on page 184

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Nicola Buchanan. Here. Yvonne Byres. Here. Kirsty Campbell. KIRST on page 46
Yvonne Byres got made tae be ma partner in on page 123
ur an five (it wis me, Yvonne Byres, Tommy Campbell, an Bryan All on page 127
e jn anaw; ah said tae Yvonne Byres, Ah'd love tae lock the two a on page 153
en an Laura Kyle; then Yvonne Byres came along; then in second ye on page 169

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
frae fields or collie gairdit byres on page 62

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
e time, and ye cannae go doon Byres Road on a Saturday wioot bein
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
glaurs the byres
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Robbie Byres wis the laist Herd an occupan
Ae Geordie Byres (nae relative o Robbie Byres)
(nae relative o Robbie Byres) wis herd it Meadshaw is fer
Hoscote Peth Heid. Wullie Byres an faimlie wur i the Peth Hei
an sae this fur fak, kis Mrs. Byres wis the
6 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
aein bumpit intae him oan the Byres Road back in the twenties. on page 49

1 matches

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