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The word 'empie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
empieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93016
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 60.6 5 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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) 178.4 5 3
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 2
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 72.7 4 2

Occurrences of empie in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rile saur o whuskie fae a noo empie bottle sypin intae the pookit on page 97
bus, an him cairryin a muckle empie aipple box, that A wis gaun o on page 99

2 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
wis biggin a parteition in an empie offish whan the internal phon on page 26

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the staition, thai fand ane empie warl bot fur the sie-mews fla
g syne. The Douglas loued the empie hul wi the win souchin ower t
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
As empie-free as thae daurk brainches. on page 92

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
But ma pootch is empie. on page 61

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
e pavie as she gaes intae the empie bus stap. She appens a carton on page 1

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Ay. Aw yon empie boxes gie iz the grue," A ans on page 79

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e European Union could spik o empie shelfs an fuid rationin like
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
gang doon the valley wi thair empie cairts, bot fur thair retour
cin posts; wi the tin lids, o empie sheep dip pails, tae keep the
ae bad job, an gang awa hame empie haundit.
fer’s ferms. Efter staundin empie fur ane-an-twuntie ‘ear, th
Blawearie wis feklie staundin empie,
5 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Y'ir gien an empie bicker an, Ye mak yer brew, on page 14
n fornenst tha hairth. It wus empie - naethin in it bot oul blak on page 17
his mooth, an pittin doon tha empie gless on tha coontér o tha b on page 23

3 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Y’ir gien an empie bicker an,
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
r, tha grey moss an apen muir empie laik thur sowels. Aa wus lown
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hut. She leukt inside. It was empie. Nae mettle cups strung tae t on page 51
rt gless on the table. It was empie. "Ihis needs to stop." It was on page 52

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Empie ears. on page 18

1 matches

General Ulster

McMaster, Anne Yarns 3 - Tha Gift / At Sea / Hairst Light, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, poetry
These empie days lie o’tha en o’tha s
wi’a wile, holla an’ empie wail,
2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
gaes bak, ït fins tha hoose empie, swep we clain an aa redd up. on page 9
n haes turnt tha weel-aff bak empie-hannit. on page 70
sarvin man an chaist hïm awa empie-hannit. Sae he sent anither s on page 103

3 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Gin this address bes empie throch tha nicht oan 21st Mai
1 matches

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