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The word 'deys'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
deysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7125
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 3
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 deys in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
in fae Aiberdeen. In the auld deys ye’d hae illegal whisky mak
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
In thae deys, Kings waur twa tae a penny. on page 13
Noo in thae deys, Aud rousit late frae hir bed on page 14

6 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
ne think am oul. Onywye noo-a-deys A think ouler folk ir naw gee
ms tae bae tae tha fore noo-a-deys. Whiles A think wae ir mair i
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
but A think at Krisamas noo-a-deys, wae hae kinnae forgot tha ra
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
thats naw tha wye it is noo-a deys. Tha Ullans tongue haes baen
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
ver't some grun, but mae best deys be's done, I'm
1 matches

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