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The word 'mike'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mikeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus30.99916
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 150.6 34 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 66.8 50 5
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)
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 mike 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

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ilent black and white film by Mike Partridge, projected on the b on page 34

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
first programme o da winter. Mike finds oot aboot results based(2019)

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
quine. Eesed ti love ga'an ti Mike's chipper fir a reed puddin S(2019)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
His legacy isna spent. As Mike Small skrieves: The significa on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
His legacy isna spent. As Mike Small skrieves: The significa
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ONTINUING STORY O' MAISONETTE MIKE on page 157

32 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
eftPeggers @SmokieRed83 Sorry Mike, but the idea Cove and Bunks (2022) twitter link
@rennie_mjr Aye Mike, my folks were very close tae (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
lang-awaitit re-shauchil, bi Mike Russel, wha is takin a sidywe
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
[NOTE: a photograph here of Mike Watson MSP in original]
LORD Mike Watson MSP tendit the Cross P
ON Friday 20 Sept. 2002, Mike Watson in Belfast, said that:
3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
fae Scotland, Vin Garbutt an Mike Silver fae England, Fil Campb
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The SNP promised tae big on Mike Russell's Gaelic Language Bil
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
MIKE Watson, the new Meinister for
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t ah dinnae mind tellin young Mike here aboot it since he'll be on page 16
ammy and Daddy and ma brither Mike and they say ah huv tae gang on page 227

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'wis foond by a laddie cawed Mike Teeveeheid.' on page 39
'Yon's Mike Teevecheid! He's the yin that on page 65
airns, Violet Boakregarde and Mike Teeveeheid, cam forrit tae ha on page 68
'Haw, there! Mike Teeveeheid!' shouted Mr Wonka on page 93
'Hair cream?' cried Mike Teeveeheid. 'Ye dinnae use ha on page 97
Also on pages 103, 105, 116, 117, 118, 121, 125, 129, 135, 136, 137, 143, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 167, 169
44 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
(for Mike Russell, MSP) on page 20

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
t, the Meenister for Culture, Mike Watson MSP, indicatit that
1 matches

Puchowski, James Aiths an Affirmations, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Mike Russell (Argyll an Bute, SNP)
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
rn I've just got the SS today Mike.. The Hubble is included.. So (2022) twitter link
have tae keep an eye oan this Mike.. Cheers.. ?? (2023) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
5and83 @dodefoxpodcast Cheers Mike. I’ll be ootside the hoose.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
Group til Meinisterial weel. Mike Watson, whit time he wis Mein on page 5

1 matches

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