ei | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 28.6 | 37.2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 186.1 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 93 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
A wuid anerlie haud ma wedder-ei apen fur 'a sie-farin man wi on page 5
rik, ye mey compt A'l hae ane ei upo ye day an nicht. A'm no a on page 9
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
pper, an ye maun sleip wi ane ei apen, an be up afoir the skre on page 3
2 matches
Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
the saisons roun cam inti hiz ei. Whan thai begoud ti blok out on page 44
yan tribbilt. Shae keppit hiz ei, lik shae wes priggin fur hal on page 46
2 matches
Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
it's blinndit wi a skyrin o "ei" an "ie"s bein written in mon
Sae insteed o the ubiqitous "ei" an "ie" o 20th Century spell
r certain speecial cases, an "ei" juist as a diaphoneme (expla
The letters "ei" is uized tae write wirds tha
her guid raeson for no uizin "ei" aawhaur, or even at aa, forb
5 matches
Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
n the wattir’s ege, kep hiz ei, an in a dwam he settit ti co
tes declered itsell ti be ane ei; an a smaw faiss begoud pece
, wi the samen skinkil in its ei at hed erest tuik hiz tent.
3 matches
Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
oussed out. A tirned a blinnd ei. Ti dae
aw avyse. Waatchit bi ivverie ei, Tammas corssed the brig.
glent in hiz ei agane, tho.
t the Crowner wes dichtin hiz ei. He cuidna fand the store
rand.” He dichtit hiz ither ei. Mirren mynded Napier’s ave
11 matches