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The word 'yiv'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yivOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46121
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 7
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 97.6 22 4
DUN - Dundee 63.7 6 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 yiv in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
when aal yiv done on page 13

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Oh Sam, yiv been a grand man on page 130
and I doot yiv reached on page 144

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
lay bit his mither says "Eens yiv deen yer homework!"
e ur pal," his mam says, "bit yiv got ti tak yer phone and yiv
got ti tak yer phone and yiv got ti be hame afore sax."
3 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
wed “ye’ll aa pay for fit yiv deen!” Paul wiz jeelt, he w
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
l_ers Awa an bile yer heid or Yiv a face like a skelpit erse!(2014)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@alfordbrad Yiv nivver been wi Doris's sister(2019)
@andiabz. I've been noticin, yiv affa funcy sarks. I'm sic o i(2019)
@73Bain Fit a rare idea. Yiv obviously workit in fashion a(2019)
me quine. Ats a proper talent yiv got. I knocked iss een up i i(2019)

General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
yiv aywiz bin free, ma quine. on page 67

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
airn oan national telly, hope yiv trimmed yer clopper Quine?(2015)
a shame yer nae oan e' telly. Yiv a puss fer radio mucker! Whau(2016)
lcome hame mannie, I've heard yiv' a fair set o' pipes on Ye lo(2015)

@72redz1903 tweeted
tae meet Erin and Frankie - yiv deen a grand job there quine, (2022) twitter link
ell Bile yir heid young loon, yiv nae idea fit yir spikin aboot (2020) twitter link
ck Totally agree - sometimes yiv got tae consider the full con (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
e 5 battered sausage suppers. Yiv jist got tae heeve oot the wr(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
nddec get up n at it you twa, yiv a show tae de! x(2011)
@reallorraine yiv deen nae three bad at a quine(2011)
ocial life n secondly am sure yiv deen jist grand in yer exams.(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@TyroneSTV @STVSport yiv a braw job laddie. Getting sh(2016)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
layin fitba wi yer mates, cos yiv jist realised Top o e Pops is(2020)
@_DawnLeslie Ah think yiv covered aa e bases ayre quine(2020)
@DoricPhrases Yer lucky yiv jist a sair chick.(2019)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
le pastry things. Whit's that yiv got, ah said. Harpreet said, on page 30
er. Kirsty see you, she said, Yiv nae Christmas spirit. on page 41
s is the third time this week yiv been late. Laura Kyle wis in on page 47
id ah wis fine. He said, Well yiv been starin intae space fur t on page 48
ear that. How no, ma ma said, Yiv wore Aran jumpers tae school on page 51
Also on pages 89, 94, 113, 122, 123, 135, 169
19 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
id, But wit aboot aw the work yiv pit intae it that’s a pure
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
4, they were the finest wirds yiv ever written. Thank you). Tae
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
iarraidh ag ionnsachadh. Noo yiv met a few. Whur huv yae been (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yiv seen meh capabilities on page 19
yiv jist stepped fut inta eis sna on page 69
an thi life that yiv givin? on page 92
yiv aye-wiz whanted ti be on page 111
man, yir a star, man yiv got on page 112
Also on pages 114
6 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna An Ode Tae Tinder, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2020) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
She’s eager lik yiv never seen,
Yiv years an’ years tae fin’
Swipe till yiv hud the whole toon roon’
3 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
oot wi a surfeit o pride. ‘Yiv a fine conceit o yersel,’ s
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ir body, a giant release like yiv needed a pee fir ages and fin
n married a lot o years. When yiv been married aw that time, it
2 matches

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