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The word 'hobby'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hobbyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51514
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 hobby in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Anither hobby is her yard on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
onnet. "Ye see, smokin wis 1s hobby: fae the claain oot o the bow on page 88

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
His bin a lifelang hobby. on page 24

1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
for ‘oors, it wis kinda his hobby.
1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2021) Doric - Fraserburgh
t he didna jist keep it for a hobby

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
y that latterly, Beggerey’s hobby wis takkin on an obsessive as
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
day that wid be classed as a hobby. Just affa(2016)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
telt him wuidwark wis a braw hobby but a bluidy awfu profession on page 98

1 matches

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
Yer da shops at Hobby Lobby https://t.co/ZO1d48hcOJ (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Drink ye ken's a global hobby, The clamour grew, on page 31

1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
cairry on as nae mair nor the hobby o a nummer o fowk in a bubble on page 109

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Anither hobby monie o us had wis readin, co on page 23

1 matches

General Central

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
dis mak thon gype's purportit hobby a the mair rideeculous an lam(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Her hobby, hens. on page 58

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
he’s only got wan hobby,
1 matches

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