elsie | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 23.8 | 24.8 | 34.5 | 19.9 | 5.8 | 10.3 | 4.4 | |
Number of occurrences | 77 | 49 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Number of authors | 15 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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
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
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
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
Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
r gave thaim a bit tune. Then Elsie did a Hielan’ daunce uz San
gain. No lang efter that puir Elsie went funny in the heid an’
2 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
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
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
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
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
@d_anderson878 tweeted
Nae even glorifeet. Ma cat Elsie hid tuna in spring waater fir(2020) search twitter