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johnny Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words35.9 36.5 52.8 49.7 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences11571 35 5 2 0 2
Number of authors33 19 8 3 1 2

Occurrences of johnny in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s fast as she daur. Fraser an Johnny baith? Ower in the west the s on page 1

35 matches

Burns, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Johnny Maxwell Dances on page 60
Johnny Maxwell dances, on page 61

5 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Big Johnny "Twae-Jags' wisnae slow, on page 45

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y daft Jeannie there's a daft Johnny, and fur aw Donald drinks lik on page xii
rdon O'Leary. I'll be playing Johnny, the sailor.' on page 57

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
For a walk with handsome Johnny.
1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
poles like a flyin fox an nae Johnny Morris gies-a-mango charm abo
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aswegian were a croass atween Johnny Depp, Lord Byron and a deuk-b
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Creepin Jesus Johnny—! A let oot, ma hert gaun t
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ster Scots fae Maidenkirk tae Johnny Greats, and ayont tae the fow
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
in Gushetneuk? Tell me! Is it Johnny Gibb or Jeannie Wallace? Nae!
Gibb or Jeannie Wallace? Nae! Johnny is fakin it, he owerstresses
2 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
Roughcast Johnny sade it's three parts sand
Pock marks appeared in Johnny's cement
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
barmaid is McDade’s cousin, Johnny Scanlon and his mate, Stevie
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
daunderin ben the wheen o Johnny Aathins.
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o Mick McManus, Jackie Pallo, Johnny Kwango and Masambula wis some
Watching Johnny (as we kenned him) watching t
o his favourites. By the way, Johnny liked a punt on the horses ta
ional. In the early seventies Johnny stertit visiting on Friday ev
n win that race twice” says Johnny.
5 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
An unused johnny still in the foil.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
efter him, and then, in comes Johnny Smyth, right? He sticks in a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he phoneboax an McDade phones Johnny Scanlon tae see if he kin sor
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
a sang screivar an wrate Hey, Johnny Cope in 1745 that descrives t
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
efter him, and then, in comes Johnny Smyth, right? He sticks in a
1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
ster Scots fae Maidenkirk tae Johnny Groats and ayont, that ye rep
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ster Scots fae Maidenkirk tae Johnny Groats, tak a wee brek fae aw(2020) search twitter
ardenden’s finest...alang wi Johnny Thomson, aff coorse. https://(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
loads of respect for calvin n johnny - but good luck to the guy - (2020) twitter link
er this is - big respect tae johnny n no further comment (2020) twitter link
@JohnBrash4 good luck tae wee johnny - get the smile back n enjoy (2020) twitter link
ye exactly - 2 lose calvin n johnny has fecked it fir me - shamb (2020) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
At the heid o Strathdon aul Johnny the post Declared tae the pos on page 15

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Ah'd say ye'd been at the Johnny Walker, Faither!" on page 109

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Rain on Johnny Groat's hoose
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s o William Alexander, nae in Johnny Gibb o Gushetneuk bit in anit
1 matches

Kerr, Oliwia, Sarah and Amber Fiona and the Ring, (Scots Hoose 2017) Doric, weans
However, a laddie named Jaggy Johnny seen her yase it and wanted i
Noo, Johnny was a bad lad and the next da
ad lad and the next day Jaggy Johnny stole the ring fae Fiona when
she wished to stop evil Jaggy Johnny fae turnin abody intae stane.
So Jaggy Johnny was defeated and they a lived
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
rts war gyaun tae be dreidfu. Johnny Patterson wis the glegest loo
red “Fit’s three tens?” Johnny wad cheep up “thirty Miss B
ik them ower tae the san pit. Johnny
Aff breenged Johnny wi his wee trainers duntin in
ower a pole. Anely Dauvit an Johnny war
20 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
Willie Alexander screived his Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
nSmi0077 @bobbrown46 Fit like Johnny boy. Nae bad. Nae been oot ye(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@HiddenAberdeen Wis it Johnny Raminski that nipped across t(2020) search twitter
@LeftPeggers Good 90 fae Johnny(2020) search twitter
Healing water in the aul days Johnny Gibb fae Gushetneuk went then(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
yarras, fang, foggie bummer, johnny groaties. https://t.co/x8nnHj (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ated - tae me mind innywaey. Johnny wis kindo teen aback bit said on page 99
Johnny's black wans aal matched up on page 105

3 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Bath chaps and bananas fae Johnny Saeter's van. on page 42

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Johnny got a new food mixer on page 137

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Ivan an James, is fairly gien Johnny o da Knowe a new lease a life on page 9

2 matches

Ulster

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
ae wurry Granny wud sae...wee Johnny thir kin finish hit aff fur y
1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
@ciaranmacairt I toul Johnny Bellend thon joke after my wo(2016) search twitter

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