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The word 'bonxie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bonxieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.896
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 3
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
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 bonxie in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He fell foul o a bonxie when he touched doon at the G on page 56

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e in cloods. Bit owerhead the bonxie dives, a lark sings on page 60

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
styyfranklin Post a photo o a Bonxie wae a random seabird as prey (2020)

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
a sowl. Da bonxie's claas on page 110

1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
lem, hit wis flottin aboot in Bonxie Geo. Bonxie Geo wis da maist
Geo. Bonxie Geo wis da maist oorie cave t
da wye oot o’ da cave o’ Bonxie Geo. By da time Mansie hed go
3 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
sic dat dirs an album called "bonxie" aboot to be released. I wind(2015)
peerie maas, stanechekkers, a bonxie and 2 collie dogs joined me o(2013)

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