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The word 'flamingo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flamingoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.6327
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 30.1 6 1
AYR - Ayrshire 53.4 5 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 60.6 5 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 1
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 flamingo in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
t wi wis keepin doon apon her flamingo. Shö managed ta get his boad on page 83
ed, an dan Alice pat doon her flamingo, an began tellin aboot da gam on page 85
n: da only problem wis at her flamingo wis geen ower ta da idder sid on page 86
a time at shö wis catched da flamingo an brocht him back, da feight on page 87
il sure aboot da naiter o dis flamingo o dine. Sall I try it an see on page 91

5 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
d at first wis in managan her flamingo: she succeeded in gettan ids on page 79
d, an then Alice pit doon her flamingo, an began an account o e game on page 81
e only hard bitty wis, at her flamingo wis gone across till e ither on page 82
doubtful aboot e temper o yer flamingo. Will A try an experiment?" on page 87

5 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Ah'm gaun te try ma han at a flamingo mural." Ah hid ma doots he wi on page 92

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
lice at first wis managin her flamingo: she managed tae git its boad on page 81
peared, an Alice pit doon her flamingo, an stairtit yappin away tae on page 83
the only problem wis that her flamingo wis away acroass oan the ithe on page 84
the grund." So she tucked the flamingo away unner her erm, so's it c on page 85
aboot the temperament ae yer flamingo. D'ye want me tae try it?" on page 89

6 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t wis gettin tae grups wi her flamingo: she cuid haud its body easy on page 44

5 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
at firrst was in managin hur flamingo: she succeeded in gettin eets on page 81
, an then Ahlice put doon hur flamingo, an sterted an account o th g on page 83
only difficulty was, that hur flamingo was awa tae th ither side o t on page 84
t Ah'm dootin th temper o eer flamingo. Should Ah try th experiment? on page 89

5 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
fun at furst wus managin hir flamingo: shae managed tae git its boa on page 82
t, an thin Alice pit doon hir flamingo, an stairtet an accoont o the on page 84
: the only difficulty wus hir flamingo wus awa across tae the ither on page 85
, that A'm naw sure aboot yer flamingo's temper. Shud A try the expe on page 90

5 matches

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