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The word 'rely'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
relyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62015
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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 rely in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ut's, an we wid offin hay tae rely on cunnul's, tilly lump's, pa on page 4

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an dram te bi hid, ye cud aye rely oan aul Fobie. His fite sark on page 74

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
orce the idea that Scots maun rely on the United Kingdom tae sur
, will hae nae option but tae rely on local produce.
2 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
telt foo unlike trad wives fa rely on clesses an coorses fae the
1 matches

General Northern

@glenlivetloon tweeted
ap And it is apathy that they rely on. Nae mair.(2014)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nae stand it - its ruffage a rely on! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
But Ah cuid ay rely oan Stephen. As Ah got aulder on page 13
ependent mither, no huvin tae rely oan a man fur oniehin, sumhin on page 15
tephen brocht joy. Ah cuid ay rely oan him. Ma best pal. Eftir m on page 18

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
rassin fur ma da tae have tae rely on sumdy lik Iqbal tae pay hi on page 99

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Playin geems it manhunt, rely-foe, on page 52

1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
k that respect it. Thaim that rely on the laund no juist for a b
1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Bothwell - on him I rely, depend. on page 19

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rtainly pruive that ye cannae rely on private firms tae gie a ho
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
rely on humans
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly expensive TV licence. They rely oan the charity money fae pop(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ly expensive TV licence. They rely oan the charity money fae pop(2020)

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