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The word 'normally'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
normallyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85834
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 3
WCE - West Central 46 10 4
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 2
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 45.5 10 7
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 8
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 normally in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ds the sea and although I can normally see three islands - Shapinsa on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
moaderate sowel at wid nivver normally be oonkind tae onybody, bit d on page 13

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
loon's thi gither en a crowd, normally ye tend tae get a bit a buthe on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
st cudna wyte fir the lad aat normally dis't te turn up...he wis aat on page 83

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Normally, Sally Bruce wad hae bin here
1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
tart growling at the tories...normally ah just detest them (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Normally, ye wad excpet these traivel on page 9

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
kken tae him like this afore. Normally, he wis daured tae spikk tae
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
liar wye - his instincts wid normally have been tae tak on a midfie (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
up tae scratch we fit ye boyz normally dee. Fink ye boyz we(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie @Wattiejwattie Normally jist butter. Bit dependin' on(2019)
@FaeFoggie Normally only mine fit like they look (2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
White House. Guys who widnae normally steal as much as a penny chew on page 21
sely takin maire time than ah normally wid tae choose ma poison. Oan on page 30
reads through the shoap as it normally wid when someboady is aboot t on page 40
Such occasions as this wid normally be held at some run doon mine on page 165

4 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
w destination for us, picnics normally meant a wee trip intae the Tr
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o plays wae westside amateurs normally - and one of the best defend (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Normally Miss Honey wis fair fleggit f on page 76

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in its usual high pony tail: normally she's got it sat on top ae he on page 37
Frieda tae sit wi us in R.E. Normally it's me an Harpreet an Laura on page 105
orange Tregijo jumper {hat he normally wears ower his school shirt; on page 127
Karen gaun intae first year. Normally ah'd meet him at quarter tae on page 169

7 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ng up oan 'um an sent a text. Normally it's a ritual whare A tell 'u
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ang wis tae the library. Noo, normally that wid be fine by me. It wi
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that shi widna normally wear on page 14

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
inly fae Dundee an Aiberdeen. Normally their twal-hour shift wis har on page 48
s an the pace nivver drappit. Normally Thrawn Tam, a strang, wee, wi on page 49
puzzled fer Resurrectionists normally plied their trade in the deid on page 110

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
iakin and I know that you’d normally have checked it after a journ
puir man wis plastered. Guzul normally doled the stuff oot in teaspu
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ain imminent death. Ah’m no normally a whiskey drinker, eh? Oan ac
er, eh? Oan accoont the stuff normally makes me feel far too emotion
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ize. Fair enough, that's whit normally happens when ye hiv a slice a on page 14

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
oat the wee tartan throw that normally hings oer the back ay the cou on page 13

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Huey's performances, they've normally goat an auld fashioned mic se on page 2

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Normally, when ah finish a sentence, S on page 3

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
isnae like anyhin. Aw he eats normally is chips. He's never even hud on page 2

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
iz discretion tae suspend the normally applied pixellation o windies
1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“How dae ye normally spell lion?”
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
e didnae laugh as much as she normally did when we were playin, but
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Normally ah’d go through the daft cu
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
oat the wee tartan throw that normally hings oer the back ay the cou
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
ye're waukin. Precious wisna normally that awfie guid at sclimmin t on page 66

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
up aw nicht readin, which wis normally somethin he luved daein. Back on page 93

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
a hair wi their tongs. It wis normally like rats' tails, hangin ower on page 39

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
-pynt scale frae 'never' tae 'normally'. Fowk at sayed they 'normall on page 9

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
Atalanta wis dumfoonert. Normally naething cud stap her whan sh
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@UnionPrisoner How you normally look is still gorgeous that's(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
haun, that is alloud, forbye normally ye maun wait till he meet a m(2020)
e high density when operating normally - just sayin'. Stonehaven is(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
@SandraToFriends I've normally got started. I cannae even ge (2022) twitter link
m addicted tae mine ... and I normally never cook ?? (2022) twitter link

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