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The word 'rocky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rockyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52112
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rocky in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
orked, ower by Findavie. This rocky bit juts oot, an fan the watt on page 16

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ter’s edge wis a steep yin, rocky wi the odd whinbush and crust
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
heel o Italy. It wis an arid rocky area, lockt in puirtith, an t on page 100

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n like waves batterin intae a rocky shoreline. Ah’m zoned oot,
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
THE TORREY CLASSICS - SLICK, ROCKY SAM AND SUNDANCE - DAEIN' SO on page

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
y hus only ever travelled the rocky road tae Dublin tae visit hur on page 87

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nedy an its gairdens ablo the rocky rigs o the Rhinns (www.castle on page 65

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ce we gae by Mairs we lea the rocky inner warlds ahin an heid for
lds – gey different tae the rocky inward warlds – wi a thin h
Jubiter, is its sma, pairtly rocky sphere sizes wi oor Yird. Tho
yont oor warld. Europa haes a rocky hert an is happit wi a surfac
ld rocks the gait o the early rocky planets an giein them a sair
9 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
ive voices resoundin frae the rocky heichts. on page 25

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
s ir bae the Khyber, that oul rocky sundrenched lan', on page 44

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
wheen hens. It sut ablow tha Rocky Moontin wi gressy fiels tae t
fankle’t in a snare oan tha Rocky Moontin,” tha oulwife sayed
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha rocky loanen on page 11

1 matches

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