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The word 'heez'
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Use in varieties of Scots heez Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 10.8 36 5 ORK - Orkney
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
48.8
11
1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
56.7
22
2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
5
1
1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
2.6
2
2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 heez in Corpus
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the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
General Northern
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen , (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
heez airms tae frichten the Billie
in twa sea-maws wi the orts o heez
m will maistlik hae summit in heez ain bag.”
Uncle Tam was truithfae in heez lavin-time an didnae hing abo
er doon in a pate-hag an waff heez haund tae bi quate an caw-can
9 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit , (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ither yin plankit heez bag on the flair an tain oot
wisna a witch doctor. Heez Inglish wis braw, bit A’m s
2 matches
(South) East Central
Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock , (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
iz the best son in the warld. Heez sae fain, tentie an thouchfu. on page 78
it a place whin ma time cams. Heez sic a caird, ma laddie. Ivery on page 80
e need o it, an Ah've goat in heez messages. Ah widnae caw theem on page 81
21 matches
Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174 , (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
cud hear ma faither speakin; heez fermin upbringin giein him a
1 matches
Glasgow
Geraghty, Martin The Pusher , (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
lls inches fae the chips like heez searchin fir an accompaniment
1 matches
General Central
Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 102 - Stirling Brig , (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
an invaders arrae stobs heez hurdies. on page 49
1 matches
Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews , (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
t wis a nicht o smaw lown tae heez birlin thowts. As hae lay in on page 119
1 matches