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Use in varieties of Scots

budgie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.9 2.1 3.2 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences94 2 2 0 0 1
Number of authors8 4 2 1 1

Occurrences of budgie in Corpus

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Central

Briggs, Susi Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
cat next door went efter his budgie on page 4

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A budgie, mebbe, or a cat,
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
were, wha is gaunie believe a budgie.
1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
The doag's barkin loudly, the budgie's got oot
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hing leuks mair like a bliddy budgie te me! Fit an affront te a ma on page 36

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
the Broadhilll in ma tichtest budgie smugglers. Ya wouldnae mind a(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
'll no be any different fae a budgie or a cat." on page 51
Why can't you have a budgie? This is really quite absurd. on page 55

2 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The photies A tuk o me budgie, on page 36

1 matches

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