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Use in varieties of Scots

barney Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 8.5 14.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2516 9 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 5 3

Occurrences of barney in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
In a stooshie or a barney on page 29

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nd tell bout their big fuckin barney after. So there’s the first
l ah disengaged fae the whole barney, try to no let yin Evan tell
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ad guitarist hud a monumental barney, the guitarist bludgeonin the
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Barney the Brain
s me neatly tae the saga o’ Barney the Brain! Barney Duncan wisn
the Brain! Barney Duncan wisni aw’fy bright b
e, there wid be hell tae pay! Barney wid appear at ma door at 12:1
rin’ doon, A thocht, “Nae Barney the day then!” There wis a
11 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
uld’ve squared that baw??Big barney efter aboot it,but at least y(2019) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An fit's mair, Barney i'bear dunces i'waltz! on page 133

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ir, tae gang ben the road tae Barney’s scrap yaird.
Barney’s scrap yaird wis a dreich
they’d bin plunkit doon in Barney’s scrap yaird. It wisna tha
s scrap yaird. It wisna that Barney wis coorse... maistly he
ghed, she wadna be roostin in Barney’s scrap yaird eenoo. Bit
7 matches

@cligeey tweeted
risis ti spik aboot lads also Barney nae getting awa on ony jollie(2020) search twitter

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