A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'drees'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dreesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.797
ORK - Orkney
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drees in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
odren Scots, it seems tae me, drees fae a deep conterdiction atwe
1 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An awthing that drees is siccar exeemed.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
otions frae joy tae fear. She drees great psychological stress du
und that mither pigs actually drees this horror for 11 seiconts l
2 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
"A sillie lass drees sic a weird, on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The wee yins' drees hae wappin clauts, on page 86

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
read, an confirms mony o the drees we maun hae aboot the state o on page 110

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Morrow, Rob Yarns 3 - Kirk and Ceilidhe Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Poyntzpass, poetry
My rant, in simmer, drees,
1 matches

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