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The word 'mannies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
manniesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93519
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 9
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 mannies in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ither placeys, wis swarmin wi mannies in white biler suits werrin g on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"An aa the mannies are so gweed-lookin an charmi on page 14

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
cam tae be baptised were tax mannies, an they speirt at him, "Mais on page 84
nin wis a collieshangie o tax-mannies an ither sic fowk. E Pharisee on page 88
d him, aa e fowk, aiven e tax mannies, praised God an teuk wi Jock' on page 91
utsy drooth, freen till e tax mannies an cyaards'. Bit e wisdom o G on page 92
Anither day, aa e tax mannies an e ill deein drew in aboot on page 106
Also on pages 111
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
mannies pooch wi a pen knife an car k
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Happy Faither’s Day tae a mannies o Aiberdeen an Aberdeenshire (2014)
Chocolate bar sna mannies an Sunti Clauses jist £2 at (2016)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
and I hid ti leave it at some mannies hoose and got a bussie hame. (2019)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
The mannies on page 52

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
The butcher mannies hid a' the wimen in a dither
1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
htmares aboot black lungs and mannies hoastin aat muckle they can b on page 43

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
axes oot, grabs een o the tin mannies an tosses it inte ma hans. on page 93

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
the mannies mummlin at the bar... on page 19

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
t at cam waachlin doun amo my mannies. Cheetie my dou, come an we's on page 13

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
a broos. I didna like strange mannies kittlin my grannie. on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
perated on for cataract. This mannies heid
mannies haein a go at the British Arm
2 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
ou tae deal wi the little wee mannies in bleck velvet. As weel as c
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
irth thon time a' year 3 wise mannies wir aboot(2015)

@cligeey tweeted
@lenathehyena Ye canna get mannies een noo, am rinnin oot o them(2020)
@AboyneFire Mannies roon this wye(2020)
Mannies https://t.co/2c7dMjcO1X(2020)
@oilypaws Aul Mannies(2020)

West Central

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
e glass anes n the wee wooden mannies). We started a wee joke cause
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ryin tae pit me aff wi bonnie mannies! https://t.co/L4inMYPfkl(2020)
e bbq o the 70s wi his - the mannies did it). https://t.co/TzwmCau(2020)

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
mannies oan erd on page 45

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Brand new mannies, an wet eyed grannies, on page 107

1 matches

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