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The word 'truly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
trulyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus36.812255
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 3
SHD - Shetland 203.4 35 7
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.9 12 6
WCE - West Central 57.7 13 7
DUN - Dundee 116.8 11 2
EDN - Edinburgh 43.4 7 3
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 2
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 12
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.7 5 5
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 truly in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
noo wis that sheu wis weel an truly stuck an could'no git oot. If on page 16
"Aye, that wis truly some day o id I can tell thee on page 17

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ncle Peter, sheu wis weel and truly geen on page 51
a mak me feel any waar than I truly felt mesel. on page 55
I truly hid no great problem wi that on page 58

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
yir truly comfortable, yir faalan apaer on page 27

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
erie bottle apon him ("an dat truly wisna here afore," said Alice on page 12
An dat wis truly whit it wis: shö wis only te on page 13
"Oh, I truly winna!" said Alice, in a aet on page 23
Dey wir truly a wheer-laek baand at gaddere on page 25
"He truly is a lang tail," said Alice, on page 30
Also on pages 31, 34, 38, 40, 42, 54, 59, 72, 84, 85, 88, 90, 95, 96, 99, 102, 110, 122, 125
26 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Forgie aa my faats an mak me truly göd.' on page 129

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
fry whin he cam ashore. Ah'll truly miss my twartree piltocks dis on page 2
t dey took oot a da croft wis truly a maitter a life an death. I on page 10

3 matches

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
If truly hit's a deadly clarity fae a on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Truly, I tink, a tailor's dummy wid on page 86

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
"Ya, dat du truly can," said Jeemie, but du'll
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
oney duck an Gutteryaggle wis truly aggled. No in gutter, but in
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
e Morrisons later an I really truly canna be ersed ?? might be be(2021)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
she cowpit An she wis weel an truly dowpit Boo't twa-fal she wis on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
war truly hame agai, bi that queer, fin on page 9

1 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
n, like yours.” Delusional. Truly she his been dulefu fae some
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
will never truly thowe
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
this situation next week wid truly be ludicrous if the funeral i (2022) twitter link
oks mair Glesga wi that rain. Truly Aiberdeen wid be it blawin a (2020) twitter link
ultural form o denial tae the truly important things in life (2020) twitter link
ose tae being developed - he truly scared the shit oot me with h (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
TV on a Saturday nicht. It's truly affa & that Keith Lemmon is n(2018)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
just a guid laugh rocket but truly wired tae the moon. Mind you, on page 7

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
thon daft sowel Be shair, I'm truly sorry, on page 14

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
demoralisinly emasculatin. A truly sad and depressin state ae af on page 60

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Tae write a truly Scottish villanelle
tae write a truly Scottish villanelle
tae write a truly Scottish villanelle.
tae write a truly Scottish villanelle
A'm truly sorry ma wee verse
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
n' an that fowk maun 'try tae truly value aw fowk that speaks lan
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
t yet, nor Flora MacCandlish? Truly the lads are but dreich, tho
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
and wont sleep tonight - its truly awesome - fgs lol (2021) twitter link
@edinburghpaper it was truly amazing - first time av ever (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
er up tae his bedroom whaur a truly byous blue and yella parrot w on page 36
seemed tae truly unnerstaund how wee wans are on page 61
n her mind that she had met a truly by-ordinar mathematical brain on page 68
is desperate tae dae somethin truly heroic. She looked up tae the on page 130
wis stammygastered. Wis this truly whaur her perjink and dinkly on page 184

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s allowed wan apart fae yours truly here, the pure freak a nature on page 140

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ournalistic gold. O whom we'd truly say, on page 45
he hus leeved a truly happy life, an wha, when his on page 109
, is hou Apollo rescued yours truly. on page 127

3 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
service, so how no mak this a truly National Service, fir they th
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
er a cursory howdoo fur yours truly. 'E ay kens whin rur's a leg
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
first time in ma life ah wis truly in demand.
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
A few years later a truly Herculean, pedagogic publicat
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o thinkin is a truly Radical step. An tae think, a on page 10
some levels o government are truly local is a guid model fer whi on page 33
which at the time wis seen as truly momentous. Ane o the groups a on page 58
ck chat the Hielands were nae truly 'pacified' till near a decade on page 61
n they mindit fowk o wha they truly were. An fer me, like sae mon on page 72
Also on pages 82, 104, 119
8 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
'The Kirkyaird Ghost', hae a truly ancient pedigree in lands aw on page 10
kennt at aince that somethin truly awfu had happent. Awbody, men on page 79

2 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ly enjoyed your book. You can truly manage a story. And your char(2020)

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
mes, and passageways offers a truly unique five-star visitor expe on page 9

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“Na, truly.” She held oot her haun, ba
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
tell me that ah’m well and truly fucked. Even if he did conclu
looked efter. He is well and truly at the very toap ae the list.
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
h in such dire conditions wis truly a sight tae behold.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n bein these doacturs lackeys truly are.
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the God's truth ay it, that I truly on page 3

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
nor me that are in truth oor truly ain. on page 31
n back tae their maw the only truly safe harbour ava. on page 45

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
For truly on page 29

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Wi the cork weel an truly oot o the bottle, there wis n on page 71

1 matches

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
We’re truly sorry man’s dominion has
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
beyond the earth, but Grandam truly saw intae anither world. on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
anda Jock, 'dae ye really and truly mean you are giein the haill on page 171

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
aint tae the end o his days a truly 'Free Speerit', 'the man o in on page 132

1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
that radical, revolutionary, truly democratic chynge can be wroc
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
r mair nor jist thon. It is a truly byordinar manuscript on twa g
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
it and enter guys an girls, a truly awesome opportunity fir someo(2015)
@JeffBrazier Truly was an awesome read! Richt or(2015)

@iainnicol tweeted
@Seunte That is truly awesome, but alas I bide in E(2020)

@MartinBroon tweeted
dinburg’s bottle’s well and truly drapped.....(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@Southsidegrrrl thon is truly gey glorious.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
lfiesteemfilm Weel done mate. Truly delighted for ye.(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
I'm truly lost for words about this. Ho (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
and kindness they display is truly humbling. Tae see the sheer a (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The results they truly did amaze on page 44

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Ahm truly glad ???????????? https://t.c(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
This is truly a kingdom of sorts, on page 17

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A Truly creative, Scots native, on page 107

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
ir murtherers, an the tale no truly telt. on page 35

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
e stiy et, and A’d weel and truly missed it. A couldnae phone o
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
fir so many kids in the n-e. Truly inspirational. (2020) twitter link

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