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The word 'steys'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
steysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62218
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 8
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 steys in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
derclaise an hats an shuin an steys an hat-preens, for Duiweel an on page 35

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
shae telt iz ma bra haid weer steys.
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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
“It jist steys up,” ah said. “Cept fin i
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Scots Tung Quaich Steys at Campie
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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
on wi aw his fellness, an he steys wickit til the enn o his days on page 140

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Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
she says, cause he sometimes steys in the hoose roon the coarner on page 76

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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ness at the fact that naebody steys there onymair. Sae maugre o w
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Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
at him: "Bit that's cause it steys the same year fir sich a lang on page 69

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The ess steys warm lang efter ingle wilts, on page 24

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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
er feet heich. "I wunner whae steys there," thocht Alison, "It'll on page 44

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General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
e ma breists unner ma lace an steys; on page 40

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'The necklace steys wi me, forbye yi curse aa hum on page 14

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Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ilitie o Scots Meenisters, or steys wi Bòrd na Gàidhlig, the Co on page 21
on wuid hae and wir poseetion steys that an independent commeessi on page 27

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
wey o makkin ice cream sae it steys cauld for oors and oors wioot on page 12

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
wee maddy cawed Fregley that steys haufwey atween ma hoose and R on page 28

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
aboot the hole where the tod steys. We'll bide there tae he cams on page 9

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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
lic langage plannin framewirk steys the best wey for tae cairry f
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
. I hinna seen ma auntie that steys in Tapsalteerie Toun, on the
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