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The word 'elsie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
elsieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus247715
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 118.5 10 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 66.5 26 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 24 18 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 elsie 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

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
land. When Tony Warren penned Elsie Tanner’s immortal line o so
immortal line o soliloquy Ee, Elsie, you’re just about ready fo
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
te o knots; "an der names wis Elsie, Lacie, an Tillie; an dey bed on page 74

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
eeg hurry; "an thir names wis Elsie, Lacie, an Tillie; an they li on page 70

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hid the honour te get te ken Elsie Donald. Elsie's a thin wireoa on page 65

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fu - dinna wint te sit aside Elsie fa spiks te folk at ina ere. on page 45

6 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
rly took tae Abbie’s sister Elsie; she wis aaler nor us, bit ji
te as a sheet. His big sister Elsie was there an she was lookin a
is screamin “Ma! Ma!”, an Elsie looked awa, her haan tae her
Na, we wis terrifeet. Me, an Elsie, an Abbie’s mither an aa. A
h wis rooted tae the spot. An Elsie began tae bawl, “No Daddy,
10 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e pit oot the hoose Ah brocht Elsie till fan we were mairrit? Tha on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
Janice the wey he’s aye at Elsie, gittin her birse up. Stop hi
her birse up. Stop him caain Elsie his wee dou aa the time, a wu
an twice ages wi him. An help Elsie wi her mairage. I hinna a clu
t startit. First he wis on at Elsie, the uizual thing, her age.
the uizual thing, her age. “Elsie wis the first wumman in her v
25 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
er Sid had kicked the bucket, Elsie(Sid’s widow) couldnae cope
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Nae even glorifeet. Ma cat Elsie hid tuna in spring waater fir(2020)

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e a rush, "an their names wis Elsie, Lacie, an Tillie; an they li on page 72

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
flat tae rent oot, it’s an elsie on each wall and
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
gallop; "an their names were Elsie, Gracie, an Millie; an they l on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
It's Elsie Stirling's first week at the on page 1
'Hey,' ah say. 'Ah'm Elsie.' on page 4
'Hey,' ah say. 'Elsie.' on page 6
'I'm Elsie,' ah say. on page 8
'Elsie,' ah say, smilin. on page 9
Also on pages 11, 15, 24, 35, 36, 38, 41, 42, 50
18 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
am-race; "an their names were Elsie, Lhacie, an Matilda; an they on page 72

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ile hurry; "an they wur caalt Elsie, Lacie, an Tillie, an they le on page 73

1 matches

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