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The word 'frog'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
frogOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.1299
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of frog in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ed. “Dunna gluff yon peerie frog.”
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
So I tocht an interview wi a frog wid be a decent scoop for da
took a peerie start tae fin a frog willin tae spaek. Dey ir natu
e spill da beans on life as a frog.
Fraser Frog is tree year aald, mebbe fowe
n in full swing eenoo. Fraser Frog telt me aa aboot hoo he’s b
11 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
geese, draatsi, yul-girs and frog orchid. Bus shelter, peerie p(2013)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
de e Dueck: "id's generally a frog, or a worm. E question is, wh on page 24
oond face, an beeg eyes lek a frog; an both footmen, Alice notic on page 53

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
An ye loup, Aboot like a frog, on page 53

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
" said the fish. "Jist like a frog!
"Weel," said the frog, "ye'll please yersel!
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the Duck: "maist times it's a frog, or a wirm. Question is, whit on page 26
roon face, an big eyes like a frog; an baith flunkeys, Alice not on page 55

3 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d th Duck: "eet's generally a frog, or a worm. Th queestion is, on page 25
nd face, an muckle eyes lik a frog; an baith fitmen, Ahlice noti on page 54

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
aid the Duck: "it's usually a frog or a wurm. The thing is, what on page 26
a roon face, an big een lik a frog; an baith fitman, Alice notic on page 55

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
the sky. An that’s for why frog spawn is knowed aboot these p
n the green watter, slatherin frog spawn ower ma airms. Swift-li
2 matches

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