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The word 'drives'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
drivesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72924
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 drives in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu deus the dishes, drives owld cars, on page 23
till insults the minister and drives poor Granny mad. on page 56

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
s, an sheu, "Thir jeuce i'the drives an that's maet on the taeble on page 55
hir seean ships i'the rouk wi drives at isno been invented." "Aye. on page 98

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
cawrs staunnin ootside. Lang drives wi dark green bushes eether s
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
he class at ma mates. It fair drives her diminted.
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
heild on wi "The cheil at drives the ingine. Fegs, the reek al on page 38

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
wee the car the nicht ma wife drives aboot wee heater set at Ibiza(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ages ti hit the richt note - drives ye bammy! on page 26

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
e, same green as the truck he drives durin the week. A job lot ma on page 7

2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nou the bus drives by wi young Jim an Tam, on page 28

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
a rummle a day lang. At jist drives me oor i edge. How can you na
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
k.a. profit fer the few) that drives the big accoontancy/managemen on page 29

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
, lik eatin oot an takin self-drives. She decidit tae alloo hersel
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
duate. He's a flashy bastard, drives a Mercedes and wears square-l on page 37

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
umpin gonks on rebooted haurd drives. on page 154

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the village. A polis motor drives taewards us wae a couple ay c
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
get fed up and no finish. It drives ma ma roon the bend.
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
an its barkin drives me roond the bend, on page 33

1 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
The laddie drives, but mainly on page 38

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and drives him hame throu the sub-zero w on page 10

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Evil drives oot evil yet. on page 30

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s a machine man, the body wha drives the coal-cuttin machine at th on page 134

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
t the bittie heat that whiles drives the ice lowsings. The micht e
1 matches

Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
o? It is this assumption that drives ma belief that devolution o b
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
that makes ye doolally and drives ye tae swally on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
that makes ye doolally and drives ye tae swally
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An' when he drives it doon the road, on page 26

1 matches

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