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The word 'cherlie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cherlieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus42.31413
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 334 137 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cherlie in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cherlie on page 120

3 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
It wis the aix wheechin by Cherlie's richt lug an stickin in the on page 85
t wis juist a bit joke, man!" Cherlie telt him, an Yakcam leuks him on page 86
"Guid idea!" says Cherlie, an he shouts tae Yakcam, "Ar on page 90

39 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
RDER a drappie tea!" Sinsyne, Cherlie Clancy, wi a lenth o sash rop on page 26

41 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
ners, Ian thocht his nem wis 'Cherlie', telt him to get ready to ga on page 95
"Richt!" said Cherlie. "First aff we hae tae knock on page 96
"Nice try wi the 'spoudjel', Cherlie! but I'm no faain for it! Nor on page 97
n I ken whit's wrang wi him," Cherlie opined. "Lest time I warked h on page 98
in time, Ian thocht aboot hou Cherlie Clancy wis treatin him lik a on page 99

20 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
The laddie, Ian Scobie, Cherlie Clancy, an twa'r thrie ithers on page 58
en meinits is no up yet.' quo Cherlie athoot a blush. on page 59
Neist mornin, at the baths, Cherlie said, on page 60
On the Monday mornin, Cherlie, Ian an Hecky McBain got sent on page 61

37 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
tae discover oor wee cherlie on page 4

1 matches

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