A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'mei'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
meiOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus26.4869
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 1023.1 82 5
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mei in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
But - tree o you ta een o meI doot A'll hae ta try! on page 5

1 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
, whaur two is twae, an me is mei. An ah couldnae hae been mair
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
t Skaldie, 'soukin doun a fou mei on page 14

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Ah wish ee were doon here wi mei! Sorry there's nae mice in th on page 10
" said Ahlice tae hersel, "wi mei gaun oot aw th'gither, lik a on page 13
"Mei, mei! How awfy funny everythin is on page 18
"Would ee lik cats if ee were mei?" on page 21
doon, aw o ee, an listen tae mei! Ah'll sin mak ee dry enough! on page 24
Also on pages 25, 35, 37, 43, 52, 59, 63, 69, 70, 102, 119
21 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
On the Daith o his Guidwyfe: Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
of Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
of Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
of Mei Yao Ch’en (1002-1060)
4 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ll A hev tae tak ma swuird wi mei?” Frae at repone ane maun j
’d Bertie, gif ma mynd sers mei richt; Bertie’s ferst job w
e whae played the bagpipes wi mei; i the Hawick Boy’s Brigade
Yid Nichol o The Haugh tells mei, at thay flittit throwe i tha
d bi sayin til hir, “Marcie mei ee kan sei the bairns
44 matches

The Westender Pipin for the Young Yins, (The Hawick Paper 2008) Southern, newspaper
elt be the police. Bit it got mei thinking. There's a grand muc
1 matches

The Westender Loupin Salmon, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
la whae was standin' next tae mei said tae is that the salmon r
The Cauld looks different tae mei nowadays. They filled in the
2 matches

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
d fish and chip shops forbye. Mei, when ee think o'd, what a hu
1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
A few years ago it seemed tae mei that the support for Remembra
bought a poppy. Was it juist mei or did they no seem hard tae
2 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
ae mine. 21 adults on phones. Mei included, and a auld felli wi(2019)
ng it aboot on yir fork. Pass mei the penne pasta. Stab wi a fo(2019)
Gets mei that the folk that drags the (2019)
@thinkfitnessgym mei.at least twice.no been for a (2012)
ere sayin ti ali george. Pick mei(2017)
and 2 other occurrences.

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Mair beauty than mei richest kin on page 32

1 matches

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