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The word 'buddies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buddiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81610
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of buddies in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o the busy-buddies - on page 36

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
"Een o Erchie's aul Army buddies," John the Barman said, answe
1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
and 'Moscow' wi heez 'ballet buddies' tae see baith 'The Kirov' an on page 81

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
cusatour, “Ye ar lik aw men buddies, dwaiblie, donnert an -
uidna be shiftit. Sae the men buddies skyved aff ti the publict
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
accoontants - an unco race o buddies wha appear tae hae been eleva on page 95
n losin siller jist fer ither buddies tae mak a political pynt. on page 139

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
' cam the cry fae his drunken buddies, keen tae ken whit the plan w on page 85

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
the skipper hissell as ither buddies at kent him. The wes nichts w on page 5

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
wirk o owre monies o innerlie buddies ti be verra ertfu-lik desinge on page 6

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
ddie kent nocht o sicna fremm buddies. Hiz ither warl wes ablo the on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
n cast a fain ee at the ither buddies roon the room. But at the sam on page 140

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e douce, couthie, helpfu auld buddies, but no this yin. She spent a on page 2

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 76 - Mither tung?, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
her buddies twa expatriate
1 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
rst thing tae be oan FB. Aye, buddies, that’s the rub.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
ave wheen o dolls there. Mair buddies next time! ??(2020)