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The word 'ilkaday'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ilkadayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73818
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.4 10 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 153 11 3
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ilkaday in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
i faa back on the resources o ilkaday Scots.
What like wis ilkaday Scots in Douglas's time? The
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
r the leid they uise in thair ilkaday lives is cried Scots but rait
e fowk that uises it in thair ilkaday lives for spoken communicatio
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
less an disnae yaise Scots in ilkaday conversation. It's no un-kent
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
at thae wirds ye love an uise ilkaday, either dinnae exist, or shou
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
uisin the Scots language for ilkaday communication. This is the fi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e bairns uises Scots in thair ilkaday life but are daured frae uisi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ts language or anither in oor ilkaday lives'.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ses thae Scots words in thair ilkaday language is juist Glesca Neds
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
n uncannie wey o jinkin intil ilkaday life. An it shaws in an equal on page 5

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
language or b) mair like the ilkaday language as it wis whan it wi on page 107

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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
n and jealousy that haed been ilkaday featurs o life in the auld da
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General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
es o darg ower honest for yer ilkaday scriever. A shooder tae the w on page 3

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
he tongue an uise it in their ilkaday work. The legal profession, t on page 13

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
l o narra-nebbit treatment in ilkaday settings. Thair langage an we on page 6
. Thay are jist phemomena fae ilkaday langage - in life in the moo on page 36
ts speakers (or screivars) in ilkaday life, but insteid the ettle a on page 38

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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
the ane at’s uised for the ilkaday wark at we hae tradeetionally
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ia are artifeecial, mind, gin ilkaday blather is yer yairdstick o n
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
– or here e’en speaks – ilkaday normal Scots.
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@jack_capener tweeted
thit aab'dy can uise in thair ilkaday lives. Gies the leid a fair b(2019)
sin mair an mair Scots in yer ilkaday speech an spread awareness o (2018)

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
ts like it's jist an ordinar, ilkaday thing - as it is an should b(2018)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
that ye saw ilkaday eftir lowsin time on page 20
by-ordinar or ilkaday oot nocht but paper, on page 60
ng tae it, nae fash ayont the ilkaday o stour an snash. on page 77

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
We'd blether o ilkaday maiters as we dae noo on page 18

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@StuartPoet tweeted
n, Ah grew up yaisin yon wird ilkaday, sklent. BTW - Ah made up 's(2020)
up hearin yon aff ma faither ilkaday eftir wark in Killie. 'Ony pr(2020)
been roon us and yaised bi us ilkaday aw owre fae young tae auld aw(2020)
st hoo mony o wir yaise Scots ilkaday athott aa the airts an we're (2020)
t. Jist ane wird. We yaise it ilkaday athort Scotia in aa the airts(2020)
and 2 other occurrences.

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
ae airtin Ulstèr-Scotch inby ilkaday daeins an weirin it forrit an on page 28
an airtin Ulstèr-Scotch inby ilkaday daeins. on page 38

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