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The word 'north-east'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
north-eastOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.14619
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 54.7 5 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 231.9 5 1
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
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 north-east 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
moo te disagree, bit in true North-east tradition, nae wintin te draa on page 7
at wi keep the language o the North-east alive an kickin." on page 8
romunce at's inherent in the North-east maan: an inbuilt aversion te on page 28
At's the North-east bodie's droll, dry wit; . on page 32
Ere''s ae thing at the North-east bodie jist canna thole - an on page 33
Also on pages 58, 74
8 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
nished world o fairmin in the North-east afore the War. Bit she played on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ozen te the marra bi aat caal North-east win. on page 21
fir praise, displayin typical North-east reserve, the pride wis ere fi on page 78

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
i a hairt o gold an a typical North-east nae-nonsense attitude te life on page 28

1 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
±ïœ·ïœ° Doric: the dialect of North-East Scotland absurd, bizarre, and
1 matches

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
hows that in mony areas o the North-East maist fowk spik Scots.
1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Bittie aboot oor Doric dialect, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Inverurie, blog
thankfu fir ma upbringin in a North-east fairmin community. It wis a s
s hiv changed – folk in the North-east dinna bide in the same place
2 matches

Aberdeen

Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
tae lose THEM fae wir idyllic North-East corner, wid we?
1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
in the middle o naewey in the North-East o Scotland is the birds. If y
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
tae help the hameless in the North-East, an beyond, ower the past few
mony fowk fae roond aboot the North-East nou see them fa ar bidin on t
wa residential centres in the North-East for fowk fa ar strugglin, is
3 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - Introduction, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ablished local writers - the North-East Makar Sheena Blackhall, poet on page 9

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
bring a new prosperity to the north-east'; 'breathe new life into a st on page 8

1 matches

Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
aboot aathin that folk in the North-east war involved wi. Some say par on page 5

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
s’ drive intae Scotland’s North-East.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The ghaist lichts, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Ma mither wis fae the North-East o Skye. A clachan cried Stens
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ance wis a line linkin aa the North-East tae the rest o Scotland, but
lowsed aff the thrapple o the North-East.
2 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ach, the contested hert o the North-East. Ma interviewee luiked absolu
1 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
t is part of fa we are in the north-east. It is part of our culture an
ritage. It is the folk of the north-east. I am absolutely proud tae be
and bred and brocht up in the north-east, but they are nae spikkin Dor
among their ain folk. In the north-east that is kent as spikkin pan l
4 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Burns's Standard Habbie or in North-East Doric or in demotic Weegie or
nglish - fake bampot! Tak the North-East: wha speaks the best Doric? I
2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
at Scott’s writin on ‘The North-East Review’ an follaes throu bi
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
oss tae be seen, jist tae the north-east o whaur the remains o the bro on page 15
oil rigs that cam fae the far north-east. Ane o them, an auld pal, wis on page 74

2 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
ballads o the Borders an the North-East, as weel as a heritage o sang on page 9

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ng of the sun, and ran to the north-east, having at the end thereof as
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
vow tae the fisherfolk o the North-East: they wad be oot o the Common
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
nts: sic as ‘een’, in the north-east Scots dialect o Doric.
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
in meanin tae refer anely tae north-east Scots.
air landwart airts sic as the north-east and the Northern Isles. It is
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
'Scots in the North-East is baith a formal leid... an (2020) twitter link
o adopts the Doric dialect of North-East Scots for his character.' Kay (2018) twitter link

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