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The word 'bobbies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bobbiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23413
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 6
MNB - Mid Northern B 447.4 4 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 73.4 7 2
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
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 bobbies in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
n yer mobile ma quine Get the bobbies tae come on the scene on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aat the hotel didna phone the bobbies - ye didna hauf show me up. on page 17
an she threatened te get the bobbies involved." on page 53
it wis gaun on fae the winda: bobbies' cars wi blue flashin lichts on page 66

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
an e shirra han ye ower tae e bobbies an e bobbies pit ye i the jil on page 12
n e shirra han ye ower till e bobbies tae jile ye. Lat me tell ye, on page 103
heid bummers o e Temple an e bobbies tae connive foo he mith betra on page 116

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sel lucky wi hivna phoned the bobbies!" said ane o the bouncers, st on page 42

1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
e wis ay gettin chased by the bobbies fan he nicked stuff fae the m
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
imit an then ye catch up on a bobbies car deein http://t.co/21RRLra(2014)
wikk, ah hiv been helping the Bobbies wi their enquires ower the Ap(2019)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ffa comfy. Kinda like fit the bobbies weer. https://t.co/rKgbSx4HiD(2021)

Mid Northern B

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ns and then the ambulance and bobbies arrived on the scene.
Sittin in her office wis twa bobbies. Ma hert wis bangin. Fit hid
2 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
g he wis on the phone tae the bobbies.
re fan we got there? Aye. The bobbies. They wir waitin fir us. They
2 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
o the aifterneen, fan the twa bobbies cam tae Fergie's door. on page 78

1 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Bit for that noo, the bobbies disna stan. on page 11
poun'. Wi only a phone at the Bobbies, the Manse, an' the Lodge, an on page 29

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
ersel an cam hame an rang the bobbies. Fan we compaart fat we kent
car park an teen hame by the bobbies, na-sayin aathing, of coorse.
e kens naething o staalkin or bobbies or onything tae the pynt.
urn them awa. Och, A telt the bobbies aboot it; but there’s naeth
4 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
mirror he seen a bobbies car, blue licht flashin an he
he close at Leeches Burn, the bobbies car drew in richt ahin him.
took twa bobbies tae dee this job". The bobby
an declares. "I'll phone the bobbies". Alexander Holmes says. "It'
nin, the place wis swarmin wi bobbies. Half a
8 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
son stanes were fleein at the bobbies. They were driven awa fae the on page 126

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
in Scots! Haud gaun, Tayside Bobbies! https://t.co/nBSJtfw6d0(2020)

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