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The word 'baabie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baabieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.8224
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 81.4 14 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 baabie in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
wha micht a med hit fur him. Baabie bi da Burn maybe? on page 29

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dat Tamson faimly, Merran an Baabie an dir bridder Lowrie, nane a on page 7
stank wi da sye, an Merran an Baabie, in dir lang black cotts, sha on page 8

2 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
Baabie an Kaitren wis bön at da Dut
his shooder at is whin him an Baabie doosed in ta ane anidder, an
doosed in ta ane anidder, an Baabie fell till’r lent!
Bit Baabie is quick! Up shö cleeks da b
avoe. An a mony a time him an Baabie waandered tagedder oot alang
11 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
afa hingin-luggit the nicht, Baabie. An ilkie time that phone rin on page 94

8 matches

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