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Use in varieties of Scots

honey Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words133.6 205.6 19.6 59.6 34.9 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences428400 13 6 6 1 2
Number of authors26 13 5 2 3 1 2

Occurrences of honey in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
hey huv me doon as a clueless Honey Monster who couldnae lace her on page 55

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Miss Honey on page 60
y near touch shone oot o Miss Honey's face when she spoke tae a d on page 61
the names o the bairns, Miss Honey gied a split-new jotter tae e on page 62
'Aye, Miss Honey,' chirpled eichteen eident we on page 63
'Stop!' Miss Honey said. She hud been listenin b on page 64
Also on pages 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 128, 130, 133, 135, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 209, 210, 211, 215, 218, 220, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232
383 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
like honey seepin doon its jar. on page 80
thi queen bee, smothered in honey. on page 100
Thi truth is sweet an so is honey so save on page 101

4 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Stooshie, Shout Ootz, Ma Wee Honey, an a new song that Tiger wro on page 160

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
programme A'd watcht aboot a honey badger - makkin a ledder oot on page 4

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Honey, pit by your greetin. on page 18

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
mer), sindry (sundry), hinny (honey), clister (cluster), rin (run
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An the air that smells like honey
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
hey huv me doon as a clueless Honey Monster who couldnae lace her
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
mention it.” She graint. “Honey,” he sayed, “you sure can
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
h ankle, ruining th' delicate honey tone. Mah mynd stairted tae r
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
????. “A take it black, wae honey hen” ??. “Geez a shout up w(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
the digs steal as bigger than honey. I use Nigella's fish ale rec(2020) search twitter
ion hen < hinnie - Scots for Honey(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
honey - whit have you done x https (2020) twitter link

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e o bilt fish an a dollopie o honey an he teuk it an ett it afore on page 121

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Oh noo, I nivir kint honey cam frae a bee on page 80
Honey, dinna buy me loaf. on page 84
YE NIVIR GIE ME YER HONEY on page 186

9 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae her belly. It wiz sweet as honey and she could feel her body t
1 matches

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
in yer mooth wi the taste o' honey heather
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
#Masterchef title. Here is ma honey drizzled peanut butter infuse(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
And honey fur a honeymoon becis my luv on page 18

2 matches

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Wae honey sweet, a baleful brew, wae le on page 24

1 matches

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and honey fur a honeymoon becis my luv on page 33

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Honey Bees, bumble bees on on page 79

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
dat lippered ower wi mylk an honey. on page 16
n livin aff o locusts an wild honey. Bit he wis a göd sowl an wa on page 83

2 matches

De Luca, Christine St Ninian's Isle, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
beauty; air laced wi saat an honey.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dded beef. Da boys glaepit da honey duck an Gutteryaggle wis trul
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
m drink plenty an spooned dem honey. She even sent me oot tae gad
erie. Du needna budder wi dee honey an hill berries, wir needin a
2 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Luiks like the land o milk an honey's Aiblins doun the pan!? on page 213

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
bi aitin gresshoppers an wile honey. Croods gaed oot tae hïm fra on page 3

1 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
in tha scullery atin breid an honey on page 31

1 matches

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