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The word 'roadie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roadieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.3216
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 53.2 12 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of roadie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
track ran north doon a ruttit roadie twa mile tae the Leddrach dam
ye doon the steep rain ruttit roadie worn roch bi the hooves o kye
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
t like a hare-lip, wis a roch roadie giein easy doungaun fur aa ki
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
mannie watches Callum cross i roadie thinkin to him sel, "Ere's na
nae hurry fitsoiver. Across i roadie Callum sees a mannie drap a h
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Anither roadie far I cud fun on page 123
Doon i'roadie is a firemannie we aa ken on page 126
Longer than i'roadie stretchin oot aheed on page 192
I'LANG AN CROOKIT ROADIE on page 201

10 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ower the Lochnagar side o the roadie. 'Yon's far yer aunt at Balla on page 51

2 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
in. Lade Braes is a quait wee roadie that leads on tae the Kinness on page 125

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
in. Lade Braes is a quait wee roadie that leads on tae the Kínnes
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
path that wis nae mair than a roadie fur cairts. There wis a high on page 175

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Port Roadie, wi rain fawin in torrents. on page 198

1 matches

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