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The word 'babbie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
babbieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13712
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 3
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 492.5 15 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 72.7 4 2

Occurrences of babbie in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s there wi her sister an nyow babbie. There was a fremd kipple in on page 25

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r an tummilt, as halples as a babbie, doun the cleuch in a fent.
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
reeshach animal, a bit like a babbie crocodile but wi a shorter he on page 131
ye must huv sterted oot as a babbie,' the laddie said. on page 145
mingin! It's a snake! It's a babbie crocodile! It's an alligator! on page 155

4 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
"Rent the babbie doon the mid
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wi erchmares o babbie-eatin an devilry on page 26

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
A babbie wi a toy, on page 28

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ist laid doon when a clatch o babbie deuks that had lost their mit on page 6

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
"You're a richt babbie, you know nothing." on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. She wis hairdly mair than a babbie, and wee even for her age, si on page 4
"And thon babbie bites," Edgar said, hoyin a c on page 14
n haundlin raither than a wee babbie. "Weel, enough bletherin," he on page 49
's a lang, lang wey for a wee babbie tae faw, even if she is in a on page 107

4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
a poem while stuck at hame wi babbie. Or write in Habbie. on page 43

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
t as it cum near time fur tha babbie. Tha Dowlings wur weel-settle
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
s a four yeir-oul boy an no a babbie. "Ee's a cousin o Leonard's." on page 20
A babbie. Deid. on page 33
scribed? She stiffened an the babbie stairtit tae muffle a low, se on page 34
in a banjo. A wumman wi'oot a babbie in hir airms. on page 35
"Keep the babbie. She wants us tae keep the ba on page 36
Also on pages 47, 50
15 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
a wean. An she haed hir furst babbie, a sinn. She on page 71
o ye'll ken hïm. Ye'll fin a babbie, rowlt ïn bïts o claith, ly on page 72

3 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ff wark fur rairin a newboarn babbie, oan hoaliday or by-whyles la
1 matches

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