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The word 'bridie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bridieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44611
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 52.1 39 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
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 bridie 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

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Ah'll maybe chow a bridie at half ten
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
wark, warmin her hauns on the bridie an wonderin what wis wrang wi
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ld tweet that I dinnae want a bridie in ma piece tomorrow ????(2020)
v @brendaanne66 I’ve a steak bridie one ??(2020)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
auf bad min, it's no a Farfir bridie but it's no bad' an Tam said on page 73

1 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
wi some conviction that James Bridie socht tae suppress the wirk o on page 39

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
e. Leistweys, Ah jalouse auld Bridie wis ma Grannie. She bidit in on page 11
It wis Bridie wha pit me up fir lairnin ma on page 12
ims maun content theirsels wi Bridie's shrine. Nane the waur fir h on page 14

30 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
sidie-ways, plannin' a Forfar bridie chaser an' lookin' at twa exe on page

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lang-heidit playwricht James Bridie, an nou five o the Wast o Sco on page 127

2 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
So while thi bridie braves thi sneddin blast,
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
fae them wis blockit by James Bridie hissel wha claimed that the f
be. Or it micht hae been that Bridie wis also an ex-chair o the Gl
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
storic_Ally He daein midnicht bridie rins doon by the Rhinns? ??(2020)
@Historic_Ally Bridie-fed? Bit Westist yon ??(2020)