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The word 'maik'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
maikOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 62 10 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 maik in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - Da Odyssey (1-75), (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, poetry
rried caves, wissin him for a maik.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ife on the dole An ilky spare maik gid fair ower his neck on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e've hannet ower yer hinmaist maik. . on page 12
e div ye temp ma? Lat's see a maik. Fa's heid's at? An fa's name on page 114

2 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
cots language juist aboot the maik o its consaits for Latin.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
the fundin o Ulster Scots the maik o the fundin for Irish. Thon
o the Convention will be the maik o this an it will constitute
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tho the Verbatim Report (the maik o Hansard) didna gie ony verb
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ir likelie, a deil takkin hir maik), whilk offers him a remeid f on page 139

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
I've likent ye, ma maik. on page 2
is ma maik amang the dochters. on page 3
'Up wi ye, ma maik, on page 4
See you, ma maik, ye're bonnie, on page 7
The hale o ye is bonnie, ma maik, on page 8
Also on pages 10, 12, 13
10 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
oot o maik Scots on page 45

1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ir the dinin oot on it wi the maik o yer Scots commentariat and
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
n at he had gied awa his lest maik for the cat's buits, an whit on page 42

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ranfaither, tae Trev ma scuil-maik, ma neebors an ony ither body on page 22

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ma maik, ma marra, siccar an strang. on page 55

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
y boays.’ He’d a vyce the maik o hes hicht an wecht.
, shilpit hoosin, ilk ane the maik o its ricklie neebor.
2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tint in forderin it isna the maik o the cultural gain o uisin S
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
t a pictur o him but he's the maik o onie keelie fair pleased wi on page 5

1 matches

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