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The word 'uptae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
uptaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62213
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of uptae in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Weel it's uptae themsels - let them kick up on page 15

1 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
p in Cranhill and were always uptae stuff (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
n mair impressive ivery nicht uptae the the 17th o Mairch, kent i on page 4

1 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@EveningExpress Nae doot uptae his auld tricks, thon loon hi(2018)

@daleser23 tweeted
renMurray6 @Paul_Coull im awa uptae ma room tae get it a bash. Il(2013)
@Paul_Coull higuian nae uptae much either. Dortmund look li(2013)
ew7 @NightClubFails fuck aye. Uptae ma knees in fuckin cowpat(2013)
iemcgettrick iv seen them all uptae now dude. Watch them on tv(2013)
@CallumC19 aye ats me uptae date again. Fuck knows fits g(2013)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Dorothy wis brocht uptae speed by Glinda the Guid Witc
1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
leaving his gob and reaching uptae his pal’s ears. ‘It’s n
hese auld pals. Near lifelong uptae this seemingly inconsequentia
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
A looked uptae the skies,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
They soon came uptae a Gryphon, lyin fast asleep i on page 91

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
wis laughin at me. 'Wit yous uptae?' | on page 10
'Wit yous two uptae?' says a most-definitely hung on page 18

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
o stressful. Finally, we pull uptae the ferry terminal. A profoun on page 3

3 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
op in Edinburgb. What are you uptae? xxx(2015)

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
“Whit are ye uptae on that contraption?” I’d
1 matches

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