Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'dearest'

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Use in varieties of Scots

dearest	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.7	19	13
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	17.4	3	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	3
WCE - West Central	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.6	5	3
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 dearest in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e dem noo is on da nearest an dearest at a weddin. on page 42
'My dearest Mother and Father,' it began, on page 77

2 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
ew poems from Moder Dy on wir dearest @theislandreview, thank you @(2019)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Nor yet tae the verra dearest
r fin I'm awa. The three fowk dearest tae me in the warld bide anet
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ok siller frae his nearest an dearest wis the big show-stopper: tha
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
eland's busiest, is ane o the dearest in the warld. Anely 12 street on page 7

1 matches

(South) East Central

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
eid ae an airmy! If myne awin dearest grandfaither got that wrang, on page 11

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma Ellen sweet, ma dearest dear,
Dearest , A could niver tell ye
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
i the things an folk that are dearest tae her hairt. When Ah wis in
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Dearest Kirsty on page 123

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
air backs on thair nearest an dearest .”
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
An egg o an idea tae, dearest wans o Alba. on page 40

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
But yer dearest maist precious treisure, on page 32

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
eek jn this factory. And sae, dearest bairnies, as soon as | discov on page 81
But dinnae, dearest weans, be fashed; on page 90

2 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
tlaund airts will cost ye the dearest. on page 43

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
“Dearest brither,” said Athena, “d
1 matches