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The word 'ie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.14721
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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
SEC - (South) East Central 41.4 17 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of ie in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Ati'da bloo kiæie an da kaald waatir. on page 11

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Æ solitrie ie's ay blinkrin, on page 27

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
3.1.2.1 - ie versus - in on page 39
aes a derivational morpheme - ie an aa (laek in daftie, sweeti on page 40
-ie/-y: birsi 'stubbly' (birse + on page 43

7 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
in Frisian in grades 1 to 6 (ie, from 4 to 10 years of age),
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ards, ghillies hadg O pairts Ie Veterans A pony a yeat , pale on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
n somebody on yer back a back ie wis a hurl on back o bike roo(2020)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
inndit wi a skyrin o "ei" an "ie"s bein written in mony a plac
teed o the ubiqitous "ei" an "ie" o 20th Century spellins, we
"ee" be the defaut an uizin "ie" for certain speecial cases,
. For example, should it be "-ie" or "-y" at the ends o wirds?
t's the airgyment for uizin "-ie" in Scots aawey insteed o "-y
14 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ogue, the AK Bell shop or tae ie awa as prizes for some o the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
o the by-line kythin inower, ie. "Keepin a guid Scots tung in
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tier 3 level playin field - ie u kin go anywhere n no get st (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e aulder lads tellt him, 'Ach ie'll be the makkin o ye, Davie. on page 38
ad he no listenit tae Wullie? Ie must be the ghost o the grave on page 66

2 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
g as ye pronounce it b-u-tt-r-ie. ?? https://t.co/grurH0UDqa(2020)

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
"Ie wis the hub o the norlauns, F on page 14

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
www.indigo.ie/egt/udhr/udlr-en.html on page 24

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
oond at him, syne turned back ie Christopher Robin. on page 148

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ic transcription for Scots - ie, ane that weel cuid cover a g on page 4

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Scots-Medium Education (ie, teachin in Scots in the same
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
t at ‘it is when this urge (ie, ti write in Scots) is involu
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
it’s Nummer Plate wis KS.1. ie. Roxburghshire No. Yin.
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
oan the same level as eejits ie BoJo, Randy Andy, Tony Blair,(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ie Asia Minor, the Crimea, on page 25

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
here, an yis ir no listenin! ie, Whan an ïll spirit cums oot on page 9

1 matches

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