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The word 'hearts'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
heartsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.43421
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hearts in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
soul-mate bi writan a 'Lonely Hearts' ad. on page 42

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
her groattie buckies till wur hearts are content.
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Halleluia: 'Hearts Won the Cup!' on page 30

2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
s: they were all decorated wi hearts. Next came e guests, mostly K on page 76
E King an Queen o Hearts were sittan on their throne w on page 104
"E Queen o Hearts, she made some tarts, on page 106

5 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
teachers fa touched sae mony hearts an helpit sae mony i' us tae (2018)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
_Tman10 @PMILLS1976 The young Hearts lad aside, how many young Sco (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
e semis? #Aberdeenfc #celtic #hearts #hibs(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
le like in Hot Taxes and Cold Hearts. In ithers, the vice seems ta
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
on running in favour of kelty hearts - games fecked m8 (2021) twitter link
10 very poor 1st half fae the hearts m8 - tryin 2 b optimistic fo (2021) twitter link
ca1875 n of course the gorgie hearts - grassroots is king brother (2021) twitter link
the moment theres no way this hearts squad are premiership materia (2021) twitter link
ed a wee shuftie at the brora/hearts game 2 night - but am no pay (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ya beauty! Rangers wur beatin Hearts there two wan an Niko Novak j on page
is big red box covert in love hearts where yi could post yir Valen on page 110
t is tae sit an draw wee love hearts wi his name in the middle. on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
n their mither's an faither's hearts. on page 110

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Nor yet a drink oor hearts tae cool on page 114

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
. ‘Could you no stencil wee hearts roond
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
s as the party ay the people; hearts an minds an aw that; a symbol
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ginger, jeely beans, flowers, hearts, chewy toffees an' ... an' .. on page

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
y Awesome news! In ma heart o hearts wis hopin Musselburgh bein re(2015)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
In Scottish hearts haud dear on page 28
Sweet Annandale, ma hearts desire on page 22

2 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
ie yae somethin' tae mak' yir hearts thrill, on page 29

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Hearts wur felt wi joy sae sweit on page 18

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
e wus kidnapped by tha 'Merry Hearts o Down'. A mine yin day gan d on page 29

1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
n the Queen of all layalists' hearts. And I have my gold plated Gr(2019)