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The word 'doag'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
doagOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.76211
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 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 31 7 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
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) 125.5 4 2
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 174.4 3 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 1165.8 41 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of doag in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Tae see a man aboot a doag. on page 83

2 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
t sweatin an growl lik a sick doag.' on page 118

4 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
dyin day it wis bigger than a doag an possibly up tae the size o
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@BrewDog Eh doag's baws?(2017)
om @K9Magazine aye Quine, the doag's ba's indeed!(2015)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
s no’ ‘dug,’ it’s ‘doag.’"
"‘Doag,’" says the bairn, real bid
2 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Twa Bitches Thi Doag An Me on page 32
thi doag an thi twa bitches on page 33

2 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
The doag's barkin loudly, the budgie's
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n: "Thur's a pooerfu nice wee doag near oor hoose, A wud love ta on page 23
stairt wi," said the Cat, "a doag's naw mad. Yae grant that?" on page 64

3 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
, come on stap plaein tha oul doag an stert an dae somethin tae
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
Wullie haes a doag caa'ed Laddie, an his best fr on page 3
ullie. "Richt, weans. Tak tha doag an gether up tha yows oan tha on page 6

2 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
in, he come aff Bab’s hokin doag a snite wae the blakthoarn. (
1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha wee doag hooched tae see tha sport on page 4
Tae get her poor doag a bone on page 24
An wee doag's tails. on page 32

4 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
he cat sed, “Naw mae” The doag sed, “Naw mae” The wee ri
The doag sed, “Naw mae. The wee rid
e cat sed, “Naw mae.’ The doag sed, “Naw mae” The wee ri
The doag sed, “Naw mae-’ The wee r
The doag sed, “Naw mae”
36 matches

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