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The word 'bonie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bonieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4134
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 31.4 5 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 bonie in Corpus

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Orkney

Mainland, Marlene Home Truths, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Thoo'll mibbe get a bonie frock.
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
i bonie Cumbria, ti follae ma profess
“Walcum ti bonie Scotland,” he crauchilt. Mi
outling o the chymmnis an the bonie launskip ayont. He hedna sein
verra bonie bit. Twal laich dwallins wi w
bonie Westmorlan sklates kythin i t
5 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
an the bonie pipers playin in yon kid-on B on page 141

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
" he says at lang lenth; an a bonie sitwat howff. Mukkil companie on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ayed, pronuncin the nemm wi a bonie sindert lilt. "Ye maun be lan on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
It med a braw sicht on sicna bonie mornin. Alse wi the Quene wes on page 42
. It wesna lang or he waled a bonie lass an the bonie on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ock, warbling wild’, ‘The bonie lark, companion meet, Wi' spr
1 matches

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