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The word 'misty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mistyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62016
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 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) 58.1 1 1
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 misty in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
we walk, hand in hand, in the misty hills. on page 38
he farawey hills o Caithness, misty-blue against the sky. on page 48

2 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
turns his misty shoolder on page 147

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
eel ooto sicht, happit ahin a misty cloud wi anely the taps o his
tunes that floatit up tae his misty hame. Bit he wis ower stiff,
2 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
ell on tae a rooshty pike. “Misty, no!” The dug let oot a wea
1 matches

General Northern

Petrie, Kimberley Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Letter Tae Ma Younger Sel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
an ye'll fin yersel gin aa misty-eened on page 26

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
blinkin through the gloamin's misty haze? on page 46

1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 affa misty in Eberdeen :-((2012)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
irs that streetched back ti a misty horizon. Ye cuid juist mak oo on page 73

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Her een went aw’ misty, swiggin’ Lacrima Christi.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the guard and hus noticed ma misty eyes and he’s lookin maire
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an! A fearfu mornin ...a dark misty mornin, on page 45
e-reins rang through the thin misty covering. on page 48

2 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Yae misty June morn, on page 24

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
nd her gaze pearl ower like a misty morn. My grandam kept sewing on page 3

2 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tic figures, stravaigin aboot misty glens utterin words o passion
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@GREIGEXVS1300A Aw Misty heer tae! A luv it!(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
Frae Lockstown moss in misty rain;
1 matches

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