A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

The word 'barmaid'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
barmaidOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.5219
ORK - Orkney
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
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 66.5 15 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 barmaid 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.

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
the pub wi his sash on an the barmaid recognised whit he wis up tae(2021)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e waddin sixth-haun, throwe a barmaid lassie at the Balbutt Airms f
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I used tae be cruel tae ma barmaid on page 130

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
hole, the barmaid said." Awa back tae the Circl
r of the club sir?" Asked the barmaid o this affa posh bar
2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
Amy Kincaid wis the barmaid at the Bruntland the nicht Ab
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Says to barmaid, fits gan on wee the prices o(2016)
This is the new barmaid at Fittie!! I jist aboot choc(2018)
yon new whiskey that the heed barmaid his tacken in tae the bar wid(2018)
yon happy wee that Fittie Bar barmaid / manager lassie! Canna get m(2018)
oot by half past seven as yon barmaid turns the place intae a bloom(2019)
and 6 other occurrences.

West Central

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
ain a guid time till the daft barmaid shouted, "It is aw, yeez will
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ya cheeky wee bastart?’ the barmaid, who looks tae be in her earl
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e attention ay the overworked barmaid is McDade’s cousin, Johnny
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r, ah hit it aff wi Margo the barmaid. The Big Man Upstairs saved m
1 matches

Web Analytics