Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'heidie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

heidie	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	23.4	75	16
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B	524.1	4	2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	20.5	8	2
WCE - West Central	202.3	44	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.9	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	16	12	7
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 heidie 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ose against her sweet-smellin heidie an cuppin the waarmth o her b on page 45

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ttie, you baith gaan ti see i heidie? https://t.co/i9xP7apvQO(2019)

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
is gaen tae report me tea the heidie and that he wid be keepin ma
wis then merched doon tae the heidie ’s room and telt tae wait ti
2 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
bt a wid be in trouble wi the heidie . She niver missed a chance ta
hen turned roond and telt the heidie that she should be prood tae
2 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
a and a scone or maybe a sair heidie or a flee cemetery. on page 124

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
her te me. "Waatch her heidie,"' he says, "haud it like ess on page 97

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
hey syne tried a teacher, the Heidie, the Jannie, on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
. Best o aa, yon bangster o a heidie wadna cuid stot the Lochgelly on page 95
ink o mony reasons to gie the heidie ony help wi onythin but he li on page 98

7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
fowks the likes o thaim wisna heidie eneuch tae lairn hou tae spea
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t unner twelve year auld. The Heidie, the heid-bummer, the supreme on page 60
Miss Trunchbull, the Heidie, wis somethin else. She wis a on page 61
em Haw, whaur, as ye ken, yer Heidie is Miss Trunchbull. Fur yer a on page 63
oom and gaed straight tae the Heidie's study. She wis up tae high on page 76
ollower o the hoonds than the heidie o a douce schuil fur bairns. on page 77
Also on pages 79, 80, 84, 96, 111, 112, 113, 114, 117, 124, 128, 130, 131, 135, 141, 144, 149, 157, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 209, 217, 221, 222
44 matches

Glasgow

McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
"A'll jist get the heidie tae come awa ben." on page 114

2 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
t abuin the lintel. It wis aa heidie stuff, ti be shuir. Kate wad on page 16

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ulder thin oorsels, the scuil Heidie thocht his uptak an smeddum n on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
a Maw's aw palsy-walsy wi the heidie, but, sae I bet ye onythin sh on page 14

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
We aw taen shots til the Heidie came, on page 20

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ye can yaise the phone in the heidie's offish." on page 65

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ee onie muivement. This wis a heidie ratton, tholein it's time tae on page 81

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ith vairsions, we see the gey heidie boffin billy, Dr. Henry Jekyl on page 119

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
at the factory gied me the heidie feelin at I haed a wee pairt
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
' at yir dreams Colin. If the heidie kent that wan o their schuil (2022) twitter link
Ilvanney wha wis sent tae the heidie fir spikin Scots in schuil. A (2022) twitter link