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The word 'monkey'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
monkeyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.94327
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 14.6 6 4
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of monkey in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@nice2nettles Excellent! Monkey Ladder Vine Entada gigas (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
An affa lad for monkey nuts on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an hid the table mainners o a monkey. It wis nae winner at Ronnie on page 48

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Wi're meetin up ootside the Monkey Hoose on Union Street, gettin on page 56
oad as they wytit ootside the Monkey Hoose. "Here it comes!" He py on page 57

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s roon the park like a circus monkey.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
A doric spikkin monkey! https://t.co/hoxg0V3AHG Fa k(2016)
thdee, Rosemount, The Noose & Monkey and HMT, growing louder in yo(2016)

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
Neist cam a monkey. God said, 'Shairly ee'll win on page 26

4 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
dreamin o' pies an crisps an monkey nuts on page 150

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hing. Ye notice a mannie wi a monkey. It wis a wee skinny thing wi
Ye wir a wee bit scared o the monkey. Ye thocht it wid scratch an
e ging back for e photo o the monkey, Can we ging e morn?”
3 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
’in uptae noo? Spankin’ e’ monkey?(2018)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
he Traiveller said "Ye cheeky monkey on page 18
Bit wisnae wantin made a monkey. on page 20

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
erie Zoo! Ye're throu til the monkey hoose - wad ye lik tae speak on page 26

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
anuts, an ah mean peanuts. Ah monkey couldnae dae what ah dae. on page 7

2 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
This monkey nut diet,
1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
he jined in like a wee howler monkey. Even auld po-faced Reverend on page 102

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
doon the pan lik a wee broon monkey. Ay whit a mink, she said. Ay on page 98
. Ah wantet tae get her a wee monkey teddy cause she likes monkeys on page 154
tryin tae gie a banana tae a monkey through the bars ae its cage on page 164
go. Ah couldn't give a flyin monkey, said Mister ©O'Connor, As l on page 169

4 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
se than the politicians, or a monkey throwin darts, or whitever. M
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ain a photey e’ a great big monkey
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ns as they gaed oot. That wee monkey Tursun wis daein sums. It had
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the tall one follows behind, monkey tae the organ grinder. They'r on page 58

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
albraith’s plastic bag o’ monkey nuts an aipples, a tangerine
hence oor paltry plunderbag o monkey nuts, twa cox’s pippins an
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a gaunt lookin, skinny brass monkey walkin taewards us wae a mult
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
the nuclear grease monkey's refrain
1 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
l patter that; billiard talk, monkey-chatter. Ye be tellin next th
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@KyleArbuckle Monkey see, monkey dae...(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
i our houss end. The-nicht, a monkey on page 39

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
It a stairtit in the Rat an Monkey on page 53

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
heir feet, grapplin alang the monkey bars wi their hans an sleekin
1 matches

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