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The word 'daisy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
daisyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.47318
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 91.6 28 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 104.7 23 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 2
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 daisy in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
whedder da plaisir o makkin a daisy chain wid be wirt da budder o on page 7

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
yir white head lik a daisy bobbin on page 88

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
whether e pleasure o makan a daisy chain wid be worth e trouble on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
mmy, Nancy, an her ain horse, Daisy. Da hid gien her Daisy on her
. Da hid gien her Daisy on her saxth birthday, they h
they hid grown thegither. Fin Daisy'd bin aa legs an lowp, sae hi
owp, sae hid Minnie. She lued Daisy near as muchas she lued her D
ither hae gotten a shelt like Daisy, that his Da hid bocht fur Mi
28 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
word. Mr Johnstone wis mulkin Daisy whin we went in the mulkshed.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Michaelmas Daisy
Ma border is michaelmas daisy,
an pink. Man, ma michaelmas daisy,
t A'll cut doon ma michaelmas daisy
a daisy or a dandelion
5 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Karen got a card an a plastic daisy chain bracelet fae some wee b on page 109

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Has seen through you, Daisy Goodwin, on page 37

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
es), if the chance tae make a daisy chain wid be wirth the bother on page 7

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
er yourself a guarded person, Daisy?' on page 1
boom boom boom. Deep breaths, Daisy, deep breaths. Ah stare at th on page 6
great big swoops on her pad. Daisy is making jokes to mask the p on page 8
in the paper every which way. Daisy is numb! But I'm not! Because on page 9
'Daisy; she says, scratchin a nail a on page 10
Also on pages 12, 13, 14, 22, 26, 27, 28, 29
22 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Ye've selt oor Daisy for wan bean?' on page 15

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
In the buiks Sonny and Me an Daisy on the Outer Line the uiss o on page 57

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
aised tae indicate the ox-eye daisy, and, whan no prefixed by a d
aised tae indicate the common daisy. It was said in Argyll in 192
ildren entirely superseded by daisy, but the Scots word still sur
3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Luke Duke. An it wis orange. Daisy drove a white jeep.(2020)
Daisy gettin her fluids drained hus(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
irds anaw). Ye can pre-order 'Daisy on the Outer Line' here: http (2020) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
t), whether th fun in makin a daisy chain would b' wurt th troubl on page 7

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hather the pleasure o makin a daisy chain wud be wurth the troubl on page 7

1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
he wye that Flossie an’ oul Daisy knowed thoor stan’.
1 matches

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