A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'iways'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
iwaysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1175
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 iways in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
e play wee ma dollies and can iways be up tae mischief wee, cos a
cus at's just silly! Mind we iways left ih dollies hooses set up
ih next day. Mind the dug wid iways come and wreck it though sheâ
! For years ah ma life I’ve iways shared a room wee yi, but fan
nae matter fit, if yi fall il iways pick yi up - fan a finish la
5 matches

Mitchell, Kiera Fit why nae?, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
she's ma mither bit she's nae iways richt!
1 matches

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
o fit she speaks at. She’s iways singin n loupin aboot I hoose
loupin aboot I hoose. She’s iways full o life n it’s a surpri
appily. She’s quite social, iways needin to be oot we her pals
tly, presented neatly. Ma bed iways his tae be made, tucked in a
time. Fit iver they dee it's iways as though they want tae wind
5 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ahm feelin the same as ah iways dae, ah say. "Fae ma point ae on page 11
hey no? Is that no whit ye're iways tellin me? So ma lack ae feel on page 12
ame dad? Cause honestly ah've iways thought ahd love that. And ha on page 19
s her arms and shivers. She's iways cauld. She reaches a hawn oot on page 22
ur, but ahd no take it. Ah've iways wanted on page 29

5 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
the Wallace monument, like he iways does. Then we passed the sign
1 matches

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