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The word 'yez'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yezOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.3277
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33 13 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.3 7 1
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 yez in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Dis thon mak yez happy, @ClashCityClarky an @K (2020) twitter link
My dochter's message tae yez aa. Dae yer best tae hae a Bl (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
"Yez is aw quartert!" he gollert. on page 86

8 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ome wi me, guys, and I'll tak yez ti the action! on page 34

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
that fence, ir ye?' He said, 'Yez tuik yer time ower it, (naebo on page 59

2 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
it yooz daen? See when Ah get yez, yez are dead!”
, yez are dead!”
2 matches

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
! Ye hae ma wird! Whit wes it yez fund?" on page 65

3 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
I’ll tell yez some ither day.’
1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@billykayscot @joao_kay Yez gar me hungert.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"Yez ur talkin oot the tap ae yer
"Yez ur talkin pure mince. Wher wi
e Road in ma time. Ah'll tell yez wan hing but. Ther only ever
hit years ago. An Ah'll tell yez another hing. Garscadden Hoos
Aye well in that case Ah hink yez must huv been IN The Girnin G
7 matches

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