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The word 'driv'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drivOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
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
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
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) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 72.7 4 1

Occurrences of driv in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
, monietoran micro-waith, the driv O scows at murder-speeds pass on page 143

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
owld hand hingan, pale in the driv, on page 30

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
They driv the weidae Marie on page 98

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Steppe Afeart are tha orphans driv on afore him on page 30

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Driv til thee wi pooerful leadin. on page 15

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
A dinnae know whuther ye hae driv thru Newton atween half echt
A dinnae know whuther ye hae driv thru Newton atween half echt
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ween curiositie an fear as he driv hir bak an forth frae the psy on page 32
in again Sally's chest. Alfie driv bae the pitch blak tennis clu on page 36

2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Tae driv sumwhaur ye see. on page 52

1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“A driv us here in ma caur,” Dot ha
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
thert wi ïll spïrits, an he driv oot tha spirits wi a wurd an on page 9
'rie. An the' ris up, an the' driv hïm oot o tha toon, an the' on page 76
d bun hïm up wi, an ït haed driv hïm oot on tae tha muirs. An on page 83

4 matches

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