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The word 'bogey'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bogeyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91310
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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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 bogey in Corpus

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General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
y aften he got muddelt an the bogey roll wis in aside the strychn
on the safe side he gied the bogey roll a guid blaw afore cuttin
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
it then that'd be tt game's a bogey. The last three years've been on page 169

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
aggie left we’d nae obvious bogey man an’ it jist turned back
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Cairtie or bogey. https://t.co/gdLuJVOE8g(2020)

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
tae (I looked a wee bit like Bogey masel in thae days!). He poor on page 136

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
siret stuid wi his back tae a bogey an the rest surroondit Bill.
atten on the brake richt on a bogey. It brak lowse an whammlet a
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
layer, sae that wis gemme's a bogey. on page 33

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
no? The game wis jist aboot a bogey that time, eh? You keep yer n on page 71

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e Mr. Poe, it'll be gemme's a bogey for yer play, and it'll be th on page 98

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
rnesong Aye an gin tho is the bogey o the gemme - tae gey himsel(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
rt2 @tartanroots Definitely a bogey. Spent mony a day scourin dum(2020)

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