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The word 'boddam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boddamOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 6
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
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 boddam in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
, an Tillie; an dey bed at da boddam o a wal-" on page 74
"Whit wye did dey bide at da boddam o a wal?" on page 75
le," said Alice; "bidin at da boddam o da sea." on page 97

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Bit dem dat starts aff at da boddam can only come up.' on page 119

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
grett again whin, right at da boddam a da box, shü fan da caird f on page 25
right away, an fan him at da boddam a da Green Geo. Da doctor sai on page 55
da light you saa a face i da boddam a da cup. Bit he loved her, m on page 71

3 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
it took ta haal lines fae da boddam, nine mile aff, in sixty fadd
1 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
basket. I sees a ale pig a da boddam o’m. I looks at her, an shÃ
1 matches

Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
Ae meenit on da boddam
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
G! Da mast gied richt trow da boddam o’ da boat an da boat capsi
n of coorse, Mansie wis at da boddam by noo.
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
five hunner fit frae tap tae boddam. 'Twas the deepest man-vrocht
an plenished it frae tap tae boddam wi her ain smairt taste. She
2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
of my dear son's funeral, my Boddam neighbour who has harassed my(2016)
Boddam Herber. https://t.co/Fes9B4Qa(2017)
Affa bonnie floeers aat #Boddam well dane tae fa iver pluntit(2019)

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d a better hoosie noo, at the boddam o the Kemnay Brae. There wis on page 16

1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
y on. We’d the river at the boddam o the hill, the muirs at the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Mingin warked awa at the tap, boddam an baith sides o the pane. It on page 26

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ff tae cut a bittie aff o the boddam. See? - ye kin see whaur it' on page 96

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
codd bi nicht an the tap and boddam o the poke bi day. A cry it " on page 3

1 matches

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