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The word 'curnie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
curnieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.963
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 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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 curnie in Corpus

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General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
It wis a curnie o this an a haunfa o that her on page 20

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ht tae hersel, takin tent o a curnie chessmen doun i the chimley-n on page 15
"Och, gin ye please! There a curnie sintit rashes!" Ailice hoocht on page 73

2 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ng (auld anes, auld anes wi a curnie words an names chyngit for ou on page 129

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ear sensyne, me an Jenny an a curnie o
Whit we saw insteid wis a curnie fowk that the sense o thaim
2 matches

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