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The word 'mintie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mintieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165315
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 83.9 8 3
DOR - General Northern 124.1 28 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 mintie in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
irms, raxan oot the tap o the mintie taing o the mintie staetion, on page 66

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
o the mintie taing o the mintie staetion,
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
a mintie moose at has a taste on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an mintie babes at wait, crubbit i der on page 111

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d fleer te see Harry an Mitch Mintie an their pal, Feel Freddie, f on page 8
"Och, jist the usual." The Mintie brithers spoke it the same ti on page 9
Harry Mintie made a queer kinna chokin sou on page 10
up pretty smairt," said Harry Mintie, furlin roon in is seat. "Ah' on page 11

6 matches

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
"Erchie," he cried. "Hiv ye a mintie?"
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
lda's pintin finger. It wis a mintie or twa afore she could tak it on page 35

1 matches

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
Bide a wee mintie. on page 26

1 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
The orra deukie thocht for a mintie. "I'm affa rare on watter! I on page 21

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
intae the toon masel. Gie's a mintie tae wash ma haans an gie ma f on page 104
on the brakes. "Ah winna be a mintie, sir," he says tae me, loupin on page 105

2 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
wis needed.” She sat back a mintie, catchin her breath.
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
fter only being on hold for a mintie. The GP she got through tae t
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I lie doon on the grun for a mintie, ma heid spinning. There’s
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Bide a wee mintie. on page 30

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Overheard at Wetherspoons, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ocht, there'll be a riot in a mintie. on page 32

1 matches

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
beak first! Stunned for a wee mintie, Jim an masel managed tae get on page 51

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ye dinna stert bein gweed iss mintie," she eikit on, "I'se pit ye on page 13
Ae mintie mair an Ailice wes throwe the on page 14
neuk amo the shinners, but ae mintie mair an wi a little stamagast on page 15
she cwidna spick hersel for a mintie: it fair seem't tae tak her b on page 25
mbaizit she wes fan in jist a mintie she tint the sicht o her, an on page 29
Also on pages 35, 40, 45, 48, 50, 60, 63, 71, 73, 75, 79, 81, 82, 89, 95
24 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@cligeey Fir a mintie, I thocht ye were awa tae bur(2020)

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
A wee mintie in oor hoose! https://t.co/74(2020)

General Central

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
in aside im. He thocht for a mintie, syne speirt back, "E kitchie on page 87

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
doon at her richt haund for a mintie, and she stairtit tae think, on page 132

1 matches

Porter, Steve Lallans 74 - Gone Wi The Windae, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae his roch luikin wife fir a mintie. “Why can ye no gie me hauf
1 matches

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