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The word 'yorkshire'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yorkshireOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.4249
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 38 15 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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 yorkshire in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
sp crackleen, roast beef wi a Yorkshire pud, on page 31

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
tan lost. Wan example wis the Yorkshire words ‘backend’ (autumn)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
For pudding we gie Yorkshire thanks.
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Growin up in a Yorkshire minin village durin the 80's,
a new wird or twa. Evidence o Yorkshire wis aw aroond me, o coorse. I
he anely time ah gang full-on Yorkshire is when ah'm pure ragin. Ah f
scious ease wi which ah uised Yorkshire, slitterin ma sentences wi "K
d as ah dae tae spraff awa in Yorkshire, but tae hae that instinct ba
10 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
kkit when ah muived here frae Yorkshire wis a bonnie-ee'd lassie frae
hiv, whaurever ah can, in ma Yorkshire accent, tae ma Scottish pals
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
De Yorkshire, de Cockney,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ar her senior and he wis frae Yorkshire. This meant that he wis Engli
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Yorkshire Moors ah micht include, on page 93

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
l Bill Puller, a rare lad fae Yorkshire wha warkit in the advertisin on page 71
tin through it cam this broad Yorkshire voice: 'Christ, an I thought on page 72
an Airt Editor an his pal fae Yorkshire that wis on the advertisin si on page 75

5 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ie, frae the Harrowgate airt, Yorkshire, teuk owre the tenancie, an w
1 matches

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