A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'weers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
weersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11710
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of weers in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
In fact - years on - she weers them yet Her smile's as bonny on page 15

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s fearie fuskers are teuch as weers." on page 4

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"My mam nivver weers lipstick," Ah said. "Ah dinna on page 64

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
dog widna avast an wiz in the weers o getting throwe Jeemicky’s
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
id o bleck hair; that es maan weers glesses an ee dinna weer gles on page 80

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
your pratticks, at I wes the weers o aipenin the winnock an pitt on page 11
thocht Ailice, an she wes the weers o Sayin "Gweed nicht" an winn on page 59
eekit fest intil't an wes the weers o nae comin back out ava. on page 71

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
lang weers stickin oot it’s erse. The
aboot a meenit whiles the weers wir pit on an thay tain a tra
afore clippin a wheen o ither weers onta thaim. A wis lyin thare
3 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@cattyish It weers roon(2020)
Bowie weers make up https://t.co/Gi7UCGTR(2020)

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
awsome pooer, chowin the airn weers wi muckle cheesel teeth an ma on page 80

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Ceilidh, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the plout weers awa: on page 115

1 matches

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