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The word 'mickey'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mickeyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52411
ORK - Orkney
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 94.8 8 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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 mickey in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
the skelf. It was his freen, Mickey, ahin the coonter, ane o the on page 76
' He was fair ettlin tae tell Mickey the trowth; but he thocht he' on page 77

8 matches

General Northern

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
a richt orraloon. He's got a Mickey Moose Agri degree fae the SRU (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s a full SP oan who runs this mickey moose operation?" on page 193

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ftTours @fairydeanrovers defo mickey mouse outfit - shambles (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
get a len ae pencil an fuckin Mickey fuckin O'Rourke went an fucki on page 29
sure she had an audience, Wee Mickey O'Rourke knocked Chazza's cha on page 30
up on the flair. Aye nen wee Mickey called me a fat bitch, said C on page 31
he thought she wis takin the mickey oot him on page 118
e boys fae wan R, E, an N, an Mickey O'Rourke went an stole five p on page 133

7 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
n the emotional range o Metal Mickey. Maist o aw, the drone at Num
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
things that fowk'll takk the mickey. There wis this pub, Bett's B on page 100

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
s a giant rollercoaster, wi a Mickey Mouse loop, in the middle o t on page 36

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
A Mickey Moose watch wi a braw siller on page 23

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
gians at Ah wasnae takkin the mickey - the research stertit tae b on page 9

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he shared toilets, called the mickey by ae character, the closes,
1 matches

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