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The word 'parrot'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
parrotOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6219
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 50.6 11 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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 parrot in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Wir Granny his a parrot and his neem is Billy Blue. on page 55
I thowt I saa a parrot in the Castle trees last nigh on page 56

5 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
sae he rattled it aff like a parrot:
1 matches

(South) East Central

Duncan, Robert Peeweep, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Lumphinnans, poetry
o Lochgelly parrot,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@robertmdaws freddie parrot face davies - taks me back l (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
er mind depended on if Fred's parrot wis really as guid a talker a on page 35
a truly byous blue and yella parrot was sittin in a tall cage. on page 36
g aboot, waitin. Suddenly the parrot said, 'Hiya, hiya, hiya.' It on page 37
ither stoory and girnie-faced parrot doon fae the Jum and oot the on page 42
The parrot up the lum stramash nae doubt on page 43
Also on pages 81, 130
9 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ver. She said, Well ah'm no a parrot. on page 19

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
r. She said, Well ah’m no a parrot.
1 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
oose for christmas. P was for parrot, somedie's granny had ane, it on page 120

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
c were SEIK as the proverbial parrot!!!! (2022) twitter link

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