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The word 'bobby'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bobbyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.65019
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 2
DOR - General Northern 70.9 16 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 2
WCE - West Central 46 10 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 3
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 bobby 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
, so font thi Coastguard's an Bobby's, so (hi paive up aat nicht, on page 6

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ah micht hiv bin a bobby. on page 24

1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"Ay, wee Bobby. A leuk efter him whan the me on page 100

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
ess at e bunk, sir?' says the bobby. on page 79

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' een an Only Bobby Spears on page 127
rdays fir drunken perties wi' Bobby on page 194

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
BOBBY DAZLER
me in your mirror?" asks the bobby. "Oh aye" said Jonsar ,
I dee tae help you?" The bobby wis fer teen aback wi Jonsar
bobby gaed on the attack. He hid a
bobby en went intae the boot o his
12 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ilypaws Aye there wis a dummy Bobby wee a hair drier at a village(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ilk n breed in fae shops, fed Bobby (the dug) then my gout flares(2017)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
s her. The voice o ma angel! "Bobby! Bobby! Are ye in there?" on page 28
"I can see ye, Bobby. Ye're in there, aren't ye?" on page 29

4 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hristie @Predator1986 brother bobby is the man n aways will be (2021) twitter link
21114 brilliant stuff guys - bobby n matt busby n the european c (2020) twitter link
@robertmdaws nobby n besty n bobby - legends! (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n goes tae Trinity High. It's Bobby, he said, Ma name's Bobby. RO on page 169

9 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Auld Bobby wis sixty, he'd taen a stroke on page 68

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Bobby Lankin thing she chuckt, on page 135

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Sheena called hur Mr Bert and Bobby laughed. on page 38

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
he'd be gey conspicuous gin a bobby happent alang and he wes seei on page 72

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier Way tae go Bobby! X ??(2015)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
WEE BOBBY on page 56
Wee Bobby has been fund on page 57

6 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ween thum. Aw A cuid hear wis Bobby
1 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@BobbyRobson46 @asiareilly bobby av seen e playin rugby e wudn(2012)

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