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The word 'sez'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sezOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.2308
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 59.2 13 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 164.2 5 2
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sez in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
'sjetlandsk', sez he, on page 27

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
. 'Wis he as coorse as aabody sez?'
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
"That'll be £750", the quine sez, on page 32

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
get the better o me, ma lad,' sez I, an syne I gaithered kinnli on page 51

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Pure dead brilliant!" sez the Gruffalo. "A moose jist f on page 16
"Zat right?" sez the Gruffalo, tryin no tae la on page 17
"Aw naw!" Sammy sez. "Awright, wee moose?" on page 18
"See, Ah tellt ye," sez the moose wi a swaggerin tone on page 19
"Haw, auld yin!" sez the moose. "Ye in there? Hull on page 20

7 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Ah did meet him wance," sez the bold Big G, on page 4
you the Bad Moose?" "No me," sez the snake. on page 12
ght, awright, cool yer jets," sez the wean. on page 13
he bus, you're no the moose," sez wee G. on page 16
"Awright, fair do's," sez the Gruffalo's Wean, on page 17
Also on pages 24
6 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
but the fellar owver theeerr sez it’s alwaaays reeeally lyte
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
the boy sez ye'll niver regret,
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
She sez tha catter's changeit me. on page 42
Sez, "Fresian kye whut colours th on page 58

2 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
ll, I niver in all ma puff!" "Sez I tae me sez she tae he" and (2019)
@THorslips Boysadear, sez I tae ye, it’s gei an hard t(2020)

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“Cum on,” sez Conor suddenlik. “Thon’s
r tha fae. Val’s mither aye sez at, gin ye fun yersel in wi a
tha disco wus near owre, Dot sez, “Luk yous twa, A wull lat
ce. Wull we gae fer a rin,” sez Conor, whan thai haed heft be
4 matches

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