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The word 'bluebell'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bluebellOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83510
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 65.9 26 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bluebell in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
xed in Northern Lights into i Bluebell Polka. Fit a Chiel. RIP Tom. (2020)

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
Bluebell widdies jist past their best (2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ae the fameeliar soonds o the Bluebell Polka an ither weel loved tun
, Sir Jimmy's weedae, cled in bluebell purpie, wis praisentit wi flo
ng wi Lady Elgin, that haed a bluebell in her lapel. Is thare onywha
whaur the colour o the purpie bluebell wis rowth in pairts throuoot
4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ippy brother n handy when the bluebell r at hame at fisherrow lol (2021) twitter link
- doubles up with wallyford bluebell on a sunday - good tae see t (2021) twitter link
pairty guys - mon the mighty bluebell n caw canny lads (2020) twitter link
guys - well said - mon the bluebell (2020) twitter link
- gonna pit on ma wallyford bluebell tammy - as am no wantin ony (2020) twitter link
and 17 other occurrences.

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
le. First cam the three dugs, Bluebell, Jessie and Pincher, and syne
p. It happent that Jessie and Bluebell haed baith whapit suin efter
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
s. First came the three dugs, Bluebell, Jessie and Pincher, and then on page 6

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
in a blurr o bluebell wids on haly Inchmaholm; lauc on page 39

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ng oan the stool wae a box o' bluebell matches. #hopintaeappearoanth(2021)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
el Glen an headit through the Bluebell Wids an ower
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
We were in Bluebell Forest, a sparse wuid wi a wh
1 matches

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