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The word 'banjo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
banjoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41810
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 197 6 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of banjo 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.

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
craigjohndavsn onybody goat a banjo fir e' twa Ronnies?(2016)
he erse wiÂ’ a rowie embossed banjo #Scotland(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
rned him the best wey how tae banjo his opponents in a fecht and on page 2

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
kep expeckin some bugger tae banjo the auld sod, but naebody did on page 86

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e said, Moan show's yir hairy banjo. on page 95

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
r, mandolin, bouzouki, dobro, banjo...stringy hings..." on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
o gemmes. Wan on wan, I could banjo onybody in ma year group. Bet on page 24

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Hou dae ye no banjo the bauchly scunner? on page 45

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
istmas, Santa Never Buys Me A Banjo. Meanwhiles my cunnin(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
™r a dab han wi tha fiddle an banjo an can sing a bit, demmit whu
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
is tin whussle, in tither his banjo. She had niver lairnt tae pla on page 30
ye what for, Missy! A bluidie banjo! That's what for!" on page 31
elain shoe. A wumman rockin a banjo. A wumman wi'oot a babbie in on page 35

6 matches

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