A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ery'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8168
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ery in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
nixt time!" Da tree o dem wid ery. on page 6
twise, halfhoopin at dey wid ery apon her: da hidmast time shà on page 76

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
immeer an see eis!!" Eit aat, ery emediatly drappet thi tiller on page 19

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
-och is aat nae rael bonnie!" ery't Ailice, drappin the baa o w on page 12
gin the deemie wes ettlin tae ery on ye for your lessons, she w on page 44
na bide there lang. I'll jist ery in ben an say "Fit like?", an on page 47

3 matches

West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
dy achin aw ower, groanin way ery twist ‘n’ turn tae ajust
ked up, houndin the hoose wae ery creak, followt by a crack as
She followt it doun. Wae ery thump more dread ran through
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s nex time!" The happy voices ery. on page 6
airtit tae. repeat it, when a ery ae "The trial's beginnin!" wi on page 105

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t up tae thaim, she heard yin ery, "Hey, watch it, Five! I dinn on page 44

3 matches

General Central

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ly tae gang fast tae Burghead(ery) virus-wyse an the wyseheid o(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
subdued, an added wi a kind o ery, "Ah've tried every wei, an n on page 51

1 matches

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