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The word 'steers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
steersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11711
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 65.6 1 1
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 steers in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an a pock o nuts an steers on page 12
Noor steers her skiff trou the voyd hulks on page 30

2 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
hit wrang Jesus hed dön. 'He steers up da fock', dey said. 'An he on page 147

1 matches

Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
anelled door opent on til the steers tae the attic. He unlockit it
stink o damp at met him. The steers were narra an his feet lood a
sit richt wi the plain linoed steers, the cheap pented waas. It op
tae get awa tae get doon the steers syne there he wis at the door
4 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Whaur windrift an shaidaes steers aa thairlane, on page 39

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ane o its pynts (pynt 12) up-steers the EU tae gie mair uphaud ta
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
d. Morgan, McClure feinishes, steers the mids i the sea atwein the on page 116

1 matches

General Central

Love, Rowena M. Lallans 82 - Hamecomin, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Kittle steers the gleed o tales tellt on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For mouse that steers na for the bane-deep pruif on page 33

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
s nearest pynt tae the Sun it steers up stormy rid stour that can
plouks is birlin storms that steers up for a puckle year an syne
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 82 - Edinburgh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
that steers the een, the hert, the mynd on page 57

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Wha steers me throu the social swamp, on page 21

1 matches

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