Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'midgies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

midgies	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.1	20	19
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
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	31	7	6
NEC - North East Central	92.7	2	2
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	2
EDN - Edinburgh
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 midgies in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A bonny night spoilt by midgies on page 79

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wo and wan on top. Bent ower, midgies on page 60

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Shetland

Manson, Finnley Wir Beach, (Scots Hoose 2017) Shetland, weans
Aa o da midgies ir attackin me
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
bluid, an a heeze o peppered midgies . There wis, on a
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An midgies in yer hair. on page 135

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Ere's jist a wee pir win midgies div hide.
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
s struck up their sang an the midgies were aye threatnin tae swarm.
a shot the craw, an ainly the midgies bade far they wes.
2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
@DeidreBrock Nae midgies ??(2019)

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
yersel awa fae ih shore ! Yon midgies are affa fond o' hingin aboot (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
mony calories in a moo fae o midgies their oot noo(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rcules's taes and squadrons o midgies swarmed roon aboot his heid. on page 23

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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
hs an masel war fashed wi the midgies soukin oor bluid, an skin inf
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
midgies, Munros an mountaineers. on page 121

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@d_anderson878 tweeted
Mon the midgies! https://t.co/dQyQDFIpnD(2020)

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
in Hollywood hiv a problem wi midgies like we dae? ??(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
impossible unless it is late midgies in my hair... but I hae an it(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
of em tae clear a path froo a midgies wen a wis in Stronmilchan! He(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
army. The weather chynged, an midgies? They began tae drive them ba on page 4

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A cleg's nae geg, nor midgies tae. on page 37

1 matches