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The word 'ers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.14619
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 2
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 44.3 10 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 27.9 21 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 ers in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I hate guit-ers.' on page 23

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
Blashy shoo'ers, an thundry plumps.

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
Mind tho, beuys - whit flers up hot and heisk on page 23

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
tank traps, watch-too'ers, bunkers; da oorie on page 27

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an was da ceety o a hunder to'ers on page 96
da ceety o a hunder to'ers, Sarajevo on page 97

2 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ers gies wey on the road oot! Itâ
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
neck in n' ring oot yer draw'ers wifey!(2016)
Doricana stick tae makin' dra'ers Ye giep #CalvinClyne(2015)

@Franwella tweeted
z telt leave ‘em tae th flo’ers dee n th sha’s turn n a’. I(2020)

@glenlivetloon tweeted
second thocht. It dis show at ers aey plinty work te dee te pro(2020)
@CraigMcPheat Dra'ers aff weather in Edinburgh.(2014)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ilmguy @DavidCCraig Fin ivver ers grub gan aboot, a Labs' nae f(2019)
@lornmac88 @BiffyClyro "ers a quine, ers a quine. An she'(2019)

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
though in theym days fitba’ers wisnae paid haulf whit they a
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 67 - Efter the Bonspiel, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The floo'ers o'eedjit Spring were slack-ja on page 63

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
you smeddum agin the poo’ers o government
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
tched by a group o’ Fitba’ers whae were waitin’ tae get i
1 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
it, kint wi son? We’re do’ers you n me.
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
| "Ee-ers i-a i a-ors.' on page 23
ger, 'they're awfie braw flee-ers, Teegers are. Byordinar braw on page 56

3 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
The Ers Gaeltacht areas hae been reco
s, an thir wis areas thit the Ers leid wis tae the fore an supp
Act rejiggit the traditional Ers-spikkin areas in Éire on lin
The Ers leid wis ance spoke aw throu
e Gaeltacht, thae areas whaur Ers floorishes as a community lei
10 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@AwTroon @The_Mighty_S Ers hunners!(2020)
a hus a medsin furra pain an ers folk wurs aff an me!(2020)
!! He winnin in a uvver poll, ers 2, so we hus tae make him win(2020)
dae offers 2 time a munf! So ers aways gonnae be a uvver wan!(2020)
poll ye shud vote Peepee in! Ers gonnae be two aboot, bit wan (2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Amongst the floo'ers, the weeds and nettles on page 34

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
But wi twa sic high flee'ers on page 31

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
Sae George hae ans'ers, "Nane o' yir lip on page 36

1 matches

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