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The word 'gerry'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gerryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3116
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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 gerry in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
ither side o Kirkwall fae me. Gerry has been a Vet here for many (2020)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
king forward tae reading this Gerry ?? (2022) twitter link
0 @AberdeenFC Cheers for that Gerry, I’ll pass on yir kind words (2020) twitter link
BBCRadioScot I have tae agree Gerry, it’s a cultural form o deni (2020) twitter link
port @CoveRangersFC Bit sarky Gerry ?? never been oot the top fli (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gerry Cambridge on page 144

3 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
rruthe2 @ScotsScriever No me, Gerry. Haud forrit!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
rruthe2 @Angelinekking Cheers Gerry. And they fecht owre much aro(2020)