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The word 'everybody'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
everybodyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus29.59843
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 58.1 10 5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 281.3 8 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 137.6 3 1
SEC - (South) East Central 36.6 15 6
WCE - West Central 53.3 12 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 1
GLA - Glasgow 87.1 17 7
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 11
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 3
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 everybody in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Seen tae the pig, got everybody up, on page 42

1 matches

Lamb, Gregor Lamb’s Tales, (The Orkney Dictionary 2005) Orkney, prose
wir car lukkan very worried! Everybody hid a lot o explaineen tae do
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
atit what we didna use fresh. Everybody hedd twartree young cocks ta on page 15
the resemblance, didn't you? Everybody does. I'm Alexandra, Sarah's on page 23
her in dat night, dat's what everybody tells you ta do?" on page 29
ack ta come hame a run an see everybody. So shü's arrivin da day, an on page 47

5 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2021) Shetland
Hi everybody, just tae let you ken I'm put

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Everybody in Shetland is just faan mad (2021) twitter link
Good morning ta everybody dat isna votin fir a certain (2021) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@starryveldt Yep, everybody comes intae dir ain eventuall(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
RT @_amygear_ : Look at everybody gettin organised. Dis is joos(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ilence. At last e Dodo sade, "Everybody has won, an all mosst hev pri on page 25
"If everybody minded their oun business," e on page 57
. e Queen, e royal bairns, an everybody else. on page 78
n less than no time she'd hev everybody executed, all on page 84
e whispered, "at id's done by everybody mindan their oun business!" on page 87
Also on pages 90, 114, 118
8 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
that wis the best thing, fur everybody didna feel richt haen him as on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
like to see everybody on the floor. Jonsar Eck wis
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
Everybody thocht he wis gallus. on page 3
in Arcadia that's been fashin everybody in the ferms and the touns. B on page 18

3 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ut of here ch? You can drive, everybody kens you can drive vans. Ah'v on page 7

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Kerried aa the wee animals an everybody got oot jist 1n time, afore t on page 99
Everybody laughed. An that is how the U on page 101

3 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
at. It has been great to hear everybody’s contributions so far. Lik
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
erenae really black at aw, as everybody kens).
1 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Davie sitting wi his back tae everybody.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
llAllen @dunblaneranger no - everybody is breaking the rules includi (2020) twitter link
@blackdiamondfm morning to everybody at bdfm - have a nice day (2020) twitter link
ghAth @KListon11 @slapmadango everybody wants there football back - (2020) twitter link
- top drawer n weel done to everybody at the club (2020) twitter link
@CraigSutherland hats off 2 everybody at cumnock juniors for this s (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rink in and make a stushie so everybody wid notice him. Ye could almo on page 53
d a spleuter ontae the flair. Everybody jimped, includin Mr Wormwidd. on page 54
She laithes the P! class and everybody in it. She thinks five-year-a on page 96
Everybody waited. Suddenly in mairched on page 135
r the day. If there wis, then everybody in this class wid huv their h on page 210
Also on pages 213, 215, 216, 228
9 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n singin, Bwat bwat ding ding everybody sing sing do-eeng the paki ra on page 18
ody tae get that good a mark. Everybody wis pure cheerin an sayin wel on page 169

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
n singin, Bwat bwat ding ding everybody sing sing dooeeng the paki ra
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
l give out ten pound notes to everybody I see doing it). https://t.co(2020)

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Exactly,” sayed Bill. “Everybody told him to go with ‘mammot
nded from them, well, I mean, everybody he’s ever likely to meet -
Don’t worry about it, Bill. Everybody’s ok.”
s like this,” he sayed. “Everybody knows you spent the night wit
t you were set up. Now, look, everybody would love to know what happe
6 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"If everybody mindit their ain business," t on page 59

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
at wid joost end in tears fur everybody bar him. We need tae be cleve on page 23

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Everybody knows Big Kenzie is his wee b on page 10
tae git para. Commotion over, everybody else goes back tae stand in a on page 28
'A hope they dae, Danny says, Everybody turns tae look at him. He's s on page 32
the mornin interval. At lunch everybody goes their separate ways, tha on page 44
breaths n light more fags up. Everybody sits doon on a fallen tree n on page 48
Also on pages 49, 59
8 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ch and the music wid stop and everybody wid be starin at me and Rober on page 21
arty, makin yer jokes, callin everybody mum: on page 25

4 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
er man comes back oan, thanks everybody, reads a wee poem, that some on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
he fires right back at me. ‘Everybody needs tae start somewhere, at
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
hen? Ah'm lossin track of who everybody is. This place has been like
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
tae show up. Awmaist in sync everybody rises fae their seats tae com
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
oncrete and barren, the route everybody's supposed to use in the even on page 14

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
overnment wants tae ken whaur everybody bides, an whaur they come fra on page 17

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wis oan it an it wint doon an everybody wis killed, dear God, a terri on page 43
ked tae see im. An later whin everybody wis sittin roon the table an on page 44
a ba past me, so much so that everybody wanted tae go in goals, bit A on page 46

4 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
could feel something. Suppose everybody gets a need fir something tae
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
hits bi Scots airtists Lulu (Everybody’s Got to Clap, cried Everyb
’s Got to Clap, cried Everybody Clap an aw) an Middle of the
2 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
frae my school on it. I mind everybody being dead relaxed. Cos, like
Everybody kens whit happened in the sec
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@bmc875 He goes in a huff wi everybody by the looks of it ?? ??(2020)
CRobertsonUK If that went off everybody wid run... but it is tempting(2020)

@alistairdunn tweeted
far from everybody's cup of tea, but whit Coldpl(2016)

@jax6754 tweeted
@nbshow2fm Happy 1st Birthday everybody fae me in Scotland! Keep up t(2015)
uk That could also relate tae everybody else in the hoose tae! Whur a(2016)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
came to the wrong conclusion, everybody kens that, especially the fow (2022) twitter link

@rattlecans tweeted
@Holdfast214 No long tae everybody is making their ain on Baking (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
h driest hing Ah ken. Wheesht everybody, if ee dinnae mind! 'Wilham t on page 25

1 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
the community. Of course, no everybody wull be desirable, oor human
1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
the best bit o #imacelebrity everybody getting wiped oot by the aval(2012)

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