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The word 'haard'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
haardOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4184
ORK - Orkney 119.2 12 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
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 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
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 haard in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Thoo're nivwer haard o a 'frim frass'? on page 6
You've haard that hackneyed sayeen - prid on page 7
You niwer haard such language as cam oot o Bi on page 14
aal me faalt, weel, I nivver haard such bruck. on page 15
Folk niwer haard her curse her luck or utter w on page 35
Also on pages 59, 61, 74, 79
12 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
eis Baggy shuvved thi tiller haard tae starburd, so's tae peyn't on page 10
an hee weis heooket gweed an haard. Weel, aye lashed thi lyne ta on page 11
, a thocht "Boy's, eit's affa haard tae unnerstan aat Angleesh La on page 61

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Ay, o coorse, bit it’s haard tae keep that up, especially
that. The harnpan is a verra haard objeck. Sae is the ribcage. G
2 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Watson, Audrey Yarns 3 - The Tay Meetin, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Fermanagh, prose
the werst! A mine sittin on a haard bench wi me feet danglin, dol
1 matches

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