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The word 'blackie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blackieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 35.8 14 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blackie in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
at," da bairn sobbit, "Dis is Blackie's grave, shü gude oot on Guy on page 29

1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Bonnie blackie
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
d oot a muckle blaik clood. A blackie wis singin her hymn o praise on page 53

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
re. Somewey in the brenches a blackie wis singin, its breist like t on page 15

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Broon. Thrush or mibbe a hen Blackie. Aye. Songbirds. It was song on page 1

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
taen pairt an aw.Maister Alan Blackie, high Heid Ane o Eddication a
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A lanely blackie sang tae me.
top an listen when Ah heard a blackie sing.
The blackie in the tree gied up his sang,
An blackie hens: ye cannae judge a singe
an then a blackie, wi his mellow trill,
7 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ednesday 25 Juin when Mr Alan Blackie, Director o Education for Eas
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
it tae the winners bi Mr Alan Blackie, Director o Education for Eas
ation pairty wis heidit bi Mr Blackie follaed bi Mistress Patricia
Mr Blackie praisentit the winner o the c
an a certificate in Scots. Mr Blackie praisentit a certificate tae
4 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
whaur she nivir heard the blackie sing on page 40

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Hear thon blackie's busy whustlin, on page 97

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Wee blackie, ye see ayont thi cloot,
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
gowdspink speug lintie hoolet blackie doo. .....aa burds(2016)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
lee mairch stane dyke. Wullie Blackie left
1 matches

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