Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bluidie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bluidie	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.7	15	6
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.4	7	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)	65.7	2	1
GUL - General Ulster	14.1	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bluidie in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
She's as thick as mince an a bluidie pudden! As glaikit as a stirk on page 48

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sen he wes a whein tashit an bluidie . The herd
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
e'r a braw uiss o at laest ae bluidie leitmotif. The Leddie o Thirl on page 138
l his leddie an tells hir o a bluidie stour at seeminlie he's wun a on page 140

3 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
lang he wis ridin hame wi the bluidie heid o Maelbrighte cleikit ta on page 14

6 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
@tejmuk A medical Dr? Bluidie hell.(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ll tell ye what for, Missy! A bluidie banjo! That's what for!" on page 31
cloot. She cud see the skin. Bluidie skin. on page 33

2 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
e gangin fornent or inby thon bluidie pairt.”
1 matches