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The word 'yeah'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yeahOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85923
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 87.2 15 5
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 53.3 12 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 66.6 13 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of yeah in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout Oh yeah! Yin's a rare fine diet!(2020)

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Yeah, I could a pulled oot. Bit ow
1 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
axed Joahny, surprised. ‘Yeah,’ said Jeamie. ‘We’re b
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
@KirsteenMullay yeah, life's gud!! (2016) twitter link
@KirsteenMullay yeah weel we have dis motion senso (2016) twitter link
@croescrossing Yeah i immediately towt o u when i (2020) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
ose dey wirna wrang ????? but yeah, Gaelic is the Western Isles,(2021)
@Rhome123J Yeah, I think it wid be too saat f(2021)
@williemackenzie Yeah, as a Delting lass I wid conc(2021)
@JoEdwards41 Yeah, lik do dey no realise yun is(2021)
rds41 Yun maks a lot o sense, yeah. Fokk juist dinna lik bein ma(2021)
and 2 other occurrences.

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
@R_odanort Yeah I ken whit du means! Loff hoo(2020)
@R_odanort Yeah dirs a lock o ways to pronoun(2020)
@Hjetlandi Ah yeah, tho I lik tweet better as de(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Yeah," said the ither quine, smili on page 44

1 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
Yeah!! on page 13

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
odrie bit no tae watch Clyde, yeah on page 93

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@dollydigital He'll yeah. HEED FIRST(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Yeah, hello" Justine tells her, di on page 84
"Yeah" Jordan replied, lookin misty on page 91

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
nyway ah don't. Navdeep said, Yeah well don't go tellin ma siste on page 48
ir lik Stink Bomb. Ah ah baby yeah ooh yeah uhuh listen tae this on page 91
k she'd marbles in her mooth, Yeah, said Nicola, Ah've reached t on page 94
yi. How. Because ah jist am. Yeah, said Harpreet, We don't want on page 95
st Kirsty's da's goat a joab. Yeah, said Harpreet, Thir's nothin on page 97
Also on pages 120, 169
9 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Yeah, richt. Bit somehoo she convi
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
together team. Guid luck tae yeah wae neil findlay. (2021) twitter link
twitter, as i greatly admire yeah baith. ???????????????????? y (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Yeah, well. I helped them with the
“Uh, yeah,” he sayed, “yeah. Well, anyway, that’s not l
2 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
—Oh yeah? Ye want some help there, Ren
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Yeah good idea." on page 3

6 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Yeah, the kingdom’s all inside
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
up there, y’know how it is, yeah?’ he sais. ‘Never mind th
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Yeah, yeah, course. Go on then, I’ll g
te, then meet me in the bogs, yeah?’
Yeah.’ he looks doon at his beer
You can come rahnd in a bit, yeah? Pick up your stuff an what a
4 matches

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
@rcadeglasgow Yeah, just followed youse. ??(2018)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
k @FrancesPoet @jen__mcginley Yeah, so sorry I didnae manage tae(2019)
@sarasheridan Yeah, I ken fine wha...!(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n route south from Stone...oh yeah no trains weel Fochabers that(2020)

South East (Borders)

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
@awsumedevil Yeah no too bad Derek an it's a be (2022) twitter link
engal @g_hibby Morning Brian, yeah need tae comb yer hair pal ?? (2022) twitter link
@IanSmudger79 Oooooooh yeah cannae beat ah wee Bovril ?? (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
othanGeal Was it better, hell yeah! They used to play football m (2021) twitter link