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The word 'babies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
babiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12921
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
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 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.4 7 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of babies in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
tests, yards o ale and bonnie babies tae. on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ak fur da sea as shune as her babies on page 91

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ody kens dey hiv afo ill laek babies. Wir bairns could say onythin
dir proodly. “Terrie Mitten babies ir kent for bein weel advance
2 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
n aboot dis fae da lasses wir babies. CLAES IR CLAES!! Put whit du (2020) twitter link
Plant babies!! Daves done such a wonderful (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I deliver new babies That's my work on page 15

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Oh, Angus, Ah want ti hae yer babies …’ ‘Oh, Angus, let’s
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
its a silver penny in newborn babies’ prams. 50p if she likes th
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
kies. Busy mithers pushin fat babies in buggies that wid scrape ye on page 35

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
irn bru jelly babies doon at the hermiston gait ho (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, See lassies thir jist lik babies. He said it pure loud at the on page 94
She's startet eatin Jelly Babies because thuv only got twenty on page 147
aginin me havin Christopher's babies. Ah think ah'd tke tae have t on page 169

4 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
isnae thirsty, she wis having babies. It looked like the asphalt w on page 39
b but a didnae know then that babies only drank their ma's milk fi on page 40

2 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Green jelly babies, a postcaird fae Nairn, on page 23

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
jeely babies an liquorice laces –
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
i ??????????????. Us December babies hae a full month o partying a(2018)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
metime being a free event for babies might be the sort of thing wh(2019)
The bairn loves windows (wee babies love light and dark contrast)(2019)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
e put a comma efter the word 'babies'. Keep yer weans oot the bins(2017)

@rattlecans tweeted
n't think. Ye act tae protect babies. (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
@ScottyW91 mubba a want yir babies #spunkinyourface(2011)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
and lassies, and makin babies. on page 5

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
distant fae oor far aff hame. Babies labelled on arrival, grannies on page 24

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
st a baby. I know ye lost two babies. We lost two babies in two ye on page 52

2 matches

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