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The word 'mett'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mettOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.3145
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 109 6 1

Occurrences of mett in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
ay, the trachle o loggan ivry mett o the wrack, Inga's godssend. on page 30

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
tha mettér wus. Them doctors can dae on page 27

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Nae mettér tha gless tha wundaes had, on page 28
Nae mettér whut the' daen on page 59
Nae mettér flegs nor anthems prood. on page 73

4 matches

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
o mooth hamelt maittèrs, nae mettèr it's sangs, poetrie, or au on page 17
4.24 Tha skailin-gates, nae mettèr whut wye the'r warkin, can on page 37

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
aistèr, A wull follae ye nae mettèr whar ye'r gaun!" An Jesus on page 9
"Loard, A wull follae ye, nae mettèr whar ye'r for!" Sayed Jesu on page 87
, but onlie yin thïng raelie mettèrs. Mary haes waaled whut's on page 89
or a man's life ïs no jist a mettèr o whut he gethers aboot hà on page 91
d dae yer best tae settle tha mettèr oot o coort. If ye dïnnae on page 93
Also on pages 100
6 matches

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