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The word 'yu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.6549
ORK - Orkney 357.7 36 3
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 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 124.8 10 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 yu in Corpus

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Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - Five Signs, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Dae yu winder who yu'll mearry? on page 15
Why er yu tyan me thooms tae me taes? on page 16

4 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - Recipe for a Good Storm, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Tae start wae yu'll need on page 26

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gallows Ha - A Spell o Good Wather, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
so yu'll need tae git dancean. on page 31

5 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tae start wae yu'll need on page 52
So yu'll need tae git dancan on page 157

6 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Peedie things yu might think and of coorse yud on page 31
Ask me no questions, Al tael yu no lies on page 83
y cutties in fae Westray, and yu canna baet a freshly baked wa on page 86
If yu work too hard hid'll drive yu on page 91
Whaen yu open the door tae a forsh ite on page 97
Also on pages 98
20 matches

(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Shoapaholic, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Yu'll no git Doakter Mairtins he
1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
bit yu'll know when yuv found it
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ye explain tae a wee dug rit yu'v loast yur vice? Even wan as
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Yu’v niwer lived tae yu’v stide oan yir ain
Yu'll see it wance't wi get aflo
2 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ren o 'The Hill Temple' bi Lu Yu. Gin Jack hes made an owreset on page 91

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
36. Spring Morn: Ch’en Yu Yi (1090-1138)
37. A Dauner at Nicht: Lu Yu (1125-1209)
of Ch’en Yu Yi (1090-1138)
of Lu Yu (1125-1209)
of Lu Yu (1125-1209)
10 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
Ming Dynasty Chinese o Chang Yu on page 10

1 matches

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