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The word 'yers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 204.9 4 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of yers in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
an if A wis, A shouldna want yers: A dinna lek them raw." on page 51
is o mine, ée less air is o yers'." on page 87
"Ah! Then yers wisna a really good school," on page 93

3 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
rem oot o' thon wee hoosie 'o yers?(2015)

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ricks an scances ilka flaws o yers in braid daylight.
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
ullin oot a buik. 'Well, it's yers fur the next two weeks anyway on page 7

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
me ye wur ma lassie, an A wis yers annaw. on page 89

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ullin oot a book. 'Well, it's yers fur the next two weeks anyway on page 27

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
've got ma pieces, hiv ye got yers? on page 29

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ae got auld grannie hair like yers. Hers is aw bleck, ir aftimes on page 92

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ow; an if A wus A wudnae want yers: A dinnae lik thim raa." on page 53
1s o mine, the less thur is o yers'." on page 90
"Aw! Thin yers wusnae a very guid schuil," s on page 95

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Yers aye, on page 26
Yers aye, on page 27

4 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nny stuck in them new teeth o yers!" on page 17

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
aed, 'A wiped oot that debt o yers acause ye begged me tae. Shud on page 9
whan thïs waster o a sinn o yers cums hame, eftèr skailin yer on page 97

3 matches

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