A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'erd'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
erdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3115
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
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 erd in Corpus

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Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
An echoan, lift tae erd, erd tae lift, on page 112

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ose. “Gin ye’re no o this erd, dinna tribble me!” he brea
ose. “Gin ye’re no o this erd, dinna tribble me!” he brea
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
oan erd is equally wan day nearer the on page 21
n thare are curns o saund oan erd on page 24
in the cauld, firm erd o Scotland on page 32
mannies oan erd on page 45
dirl me back doon tae erd on page 51

5 matches

General Central

Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
Or the Erd on page 139

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
a wee bit erd on page 181

1 matches

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