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The word 'collie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
collieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92918
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
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) 88.3 1 1
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 collie in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
brokk his hert when Cass, his collie, died. on page 50

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The collie gaes a whine at the back o th on page 117

2 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
stanechekkers, a bonxie and 2 collie dogs joined me on my West Voe(2013)
asino spots his peerie Kelpie Collie pal comin doon da hill https:(2019)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
freen', Mac, a black an fite Collie. on page 17
shargered, ginger moggy an a collie wi a coorse leuk oan its face on page 38

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
neist, bairns efter thon, the collie dug Benjy last ava. That wid
fusper, an the blaik an fite collie's lugs gaed doon at bein rage
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
came fae atween his legs as a collie wi aa teeth an ersehole made
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
quines. Hinmaist o aa wir the collie tykes. I larned tae milk a co
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
y femily roond cove Wye hiv a collie. Bonnie wee thing.(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
There wis yince a dug (A collie, no a pug) on page 9

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
an Inglis, an ma collie’s cryed ‘Staun’ kiz he
e an the lik i Carlyle. Eftir collie-foxin wi twa reteired
2 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ooch, there wis a braw Border collie ca’d Laddie which roamed oo
eranian and a gorgeous border collie. Naturally the collie wis the
. Naturally the collie wis the yin that I wis drewn
esigned tae the fact that the collie wis oot o the question, I sta
4 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Herriet frae fields or collie gairdit byres on page 62

1 matches

Glasgow

McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
A tanker-mouthed collie gurred at its own flickering on page 101

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ist heavin like auld Jess his collie efter a run ootby getherin sh on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Whin a tawsie collie dug cam by. on page 9

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Pairt collie on page 21

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Muckle Michty Neep, (self-published 2021) Central, poetry
‘Michty! Fetch the collie dug
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
): A rough, shaggy shepherd's collie.(2019)

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
ae hae a muckle great beardit collie. He took a few punshees eesel(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Like collie doog ait herdeth me. on page 48

1 matches

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