Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bargy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bargy	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4	13	9
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
ABN - Aberdeen	10.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.5	1	1
WCE - West Central	18.4	4	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	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 bargy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
eesitin the hoose fur an argy-bargy . The tattie-howkin wisna tae
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
thegither, wi nivver an argy-bargy. We aa took wir turn ti sweep on page 72

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ter a puckle quarrels an argy bargy things settled doon
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hop. An he wasnae gaunae argy-bargy fur long enough. Scratchy bel on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ls when she's aboot. Nae argy-bargy, nae cheek, nae backchat. Aye on page 63
'Dinnae argy-bargy wi me, fur heaven's sake, wum on page 80
t afore ye answer. Never argy-bargy wi her. Never gie her ony bac on page 128
'Dinnae argy-bargy wi me, laddie, or ah'll mak y on page 138

4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ne, "an thir's that much argy-bargy ye kin hardly hear yersel thi on page 83

1 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
agin ye; nae argy-bargy ; nae flytin,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t whilk there can be nae argy-bargy and jist a tiny sample fae th
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ct, she hed quite a lang argy-bargy wi th Lory, whae at last went on page 24
, "th wei aw th beasties argy-bargy. Eet's enough tae drive ee ro on page 56

2 matches