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The word 'argie-bargie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
argie-bargieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41411
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 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 argie-bargie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t wid dee it. An there wis an argie-bargie amo them aboot fitna een o th on page 116

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
fa wesna ettlin tae stert an argie-bargie. on page 78
esna ettlin tae stert anidder argie-bargie, sae she didna say onythin av on page 80
interruppit aan tae stap the argie-bargie cairryin on: he wes unco timo on page 100

3 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
the argie-bargie whit's Scots whit's no ... on page 121

1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
Mair nor ony ithers argie-bargie, the staunnart stooshie his b
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
IN the mids o thon raicent argie-bargie in the British pairlament ane
1 matches

West Central

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
ither day a wee bit friendly argie-bargie stertit up
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
No tae auld Argie-Bargie on page 45

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
life. In fack, she had a lang argie-bargie wi the Lory, wha tuik the dou on page 24
el, "the wey aa thae craiturs argie-bargie. It's eneuch tae drive ye daf on page 44

2 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
kit in a blate vice, whan the argie-bargie stoapit. on page 22

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
onscription. The reddin oot o argie-bargie atween deifferent poleitical on page 119

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
issues an contreibute til the argie-bargie. Kis, as in awthing, a bodie
1 matches

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