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The word 'erchie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
erchieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.96713
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 58.9 18 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 115.2 26 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 erchie in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
An got a job wi Erchie, on his ferm at 'Mucklepool'. on page 76
So Erchie popped in maist o days, tae s on page 77
So Erchie wi his wife Merro, an peedie on page 78
Noo Erchie teuk his byre fork, the claes on page 82

6 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
stelry shuts?" They speert at Erchie - the only een sober on page 15

2 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
Erchie Sotter was not on his customa
"Een o Erchie's aul Army buddies," John the
unspoken question. "I suppose Erchie's keepin him ower in the back
ony difficult questions aboot Erchie's glorious military career."
ndy. "Yalla aboot the gullet. Erchie'll hae a funeral afore lang."
15 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@aberdeentaxi1 I liked Erchie. This boy is a fud. ??(2020)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
e tale's hinneren; the factor Erchie Thomson; the orraman an seana on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
tale’s hinneren; the factor Erchie Thomson; the orraman an seana
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
thers wi the ‘Cat thit goat Erchie’.
erschaum o the Fortean Times, Erchie explained that he hid been th
nin a character reference for Erchie, Meerschaum spoke in depth ta
ror an bemusement, except fur Erchie, an this slowly seemed tae tu
Erchie wis seen tae be recoontin his
25 matches

@glenlivetloon tweeted
wondered who Archie was. It's Erchie in Aberdeenshire. My Mum also(2020)

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
sie diznae git oot iz hur man Erchie hiz 'Alzheimer's Disease'; he on page 80

4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
shop oh canterberry is called erchie btw - gotta luv thae gadgies (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nnt faces aboot the place wis Erchie the Screiver, a man wi a kens on page 71
f fate wuid maistlike pynt at Erchie, tellt Betty whit Stevie had on page 102

3 matches

General Central

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Aye, me an Erchie had had an ee fur ane anither on page 59

5 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
al exchequer’. H Foulis, in Erchie (1904) shaws ane o the yisses
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
"That's good that Erchie. The flooer mills eh? Ah didn
1 matches

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