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The word 'peys'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
peysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81916
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of peys in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Darling peys Olaf fer a hurl on page 118
A'll no tell a sowel. Credits peys fer quiet. Kens thoo whit tho on page 148

2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e hirples ower tae. Jonsar an peys him, "Naething wrang wi
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
rnuin, Harry brocht roond the peys an the jotters. The boys wis on page 90

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ns i Scotlan. Derrick McClure peys him oor Scots tribute, an we' on page 5

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
wi the chainge. Fine wi me. A peys for the coffee wi the last o
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
leids......Spain as a country peys for eneuch ettles on thon mai
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
enks ti John. George an Allan peys tribute til him in oor pages on page 3

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
i whit goes on here. Him that peys the piper caws the tune, no t on page 19
o Trident. Oor Parlie awready peys fer a great muckle, an we wui on page 148

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
en o-an gin they dae, naebody peys ony heed tae thaim-an ye've n on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'As lang as she peys the rent and disna pit paint on page 10

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
he peys em aff on page 59

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
i the midst o lifelessness peys nae heed on page 107

1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
kers, no by the affluent that peys oor wages. We shid be demaund
1 matches

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ory ownit pollin company thit peys a "survey panel" tae "Shape t (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
a fella laughin, but a wumman peys dear fur the smile on a man's on page 45

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
the Depairtment o' Lear onie peys intae yin Ulster-Scots projec on page 13
SCN the Boord o' Ulster Scots peys fer thrie commonity impact pr on page 41

2 matches

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