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The word 'sadie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sadieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.8227
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 1
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 530 6 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sadie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Hid's aboot a wife caa'd Sadie and sheu bade doon at the sho on page 35
er said than deun, lass!" and Sadie glowed wi pride on page 36

5 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Sadie an Georgie, John an Belle on page 55

1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
hur wiz ane o the indwallers, Sadie, whae's cloot an sel baith sn on page 80

3 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
His mother, Sadie, was the toon’s “Crazy Ca
.C.A. Unfortunately for Jake, Sadie let the inspectors intae the
2 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
m if he “had an auntie cried Sadie that had a dug cried Billy”.(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
aimlie. Wullie is marriet oan Sadie, an they hae a pair o weans: on page 3
thegither. Whut dae ye think, Sadie? Ir the' lake oanythin ava?" on page 8
ses! Keep 'er lit, ye boy ye! Sadie, dinnae be feart: we're comin on page 10
n quat ectin tha gype!" girns Sadie. Wullie an tha weans ir hairt on page 11

6 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
. Singin Sadie's hoose was on the corner o t on page 22
Did yer da iver tell ye aboot Sadie's fernlie turnin?"' said Mais on page 23

4 matches

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