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The word 'sur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
surOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.63215
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 85.4 8 2
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 6
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 113.7 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sur in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"Aw, sur!" Cherlie wad gae, ettlin tae on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
"B-but Sur" Ian managed to stutter, "I'v on page 97

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
have the len’ o’ a ba’, Sur?” A’d give them one wi’
rney. “Can we have a ba’, Sur?” “Surely your no’ goin
hae got tae hae their Fitba, Sur!” “Ok, here ye are bit mi
couldni’ mind whit ye sid, Sur. Sae A thocht if ye hit him w
4 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick A Scots Letter, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Glasgow, prose
attered kis we a need tae mak sur wur leid disna suiffer the fa
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
de Fleurs, sur la plus belle place du monde
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
caa back the nicht efter the sur techt they've had this day. on page 53

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
be hae a wee biscuit wi this, Sur?" Ten smiled at the boay's ga on page 23

7 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
nd's reid an yin end's bleck, Sur!' replied Jockie. on page 22

4 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
vit efter a visit tae Oradour-Sur-Glâne, France whaur oan the on page 61

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sur o yill? on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
(1657-1757) cryed Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes (168
1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
“Skint ma nose, sur.”
bumped ma nose in the sheuch, sur.”
bumped ma heid in the sheuch, sur.”
3 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
sie anent the rain “Il pleut sur la ville comme il pleure dans(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
‘Guid morning til ye, sur,’ A nodded tae his da. ‘W
1 matches

General Ulster

Alexander, Brian Yarns 3 - Pilgrimage tae Passchendaele, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Dufferin, prose
reivin nou. A wis in Tarascon-sur-Ariege yestreen, explorin wi
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Weel said, Sur! We need mair folk spakin the (2014) twitter link
Quare an weel, Sur! Aa tha best tae yersel! (2016) twitter link
Soond advice, sur! https://t.co/qugmXVBpwG (2014) twitter link

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