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The word 'flie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.897
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
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 flie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
till we flie. on page 14

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
uld Jockie' as a sparrae is a flie! He's as ticht as Hinnerson's on page 45

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
The fyrie flames to flie:
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
anerlie ae flie in the eyntment. Tammas, at h
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
fur wheisht aw roun; he wuid flie up rid wudd at a quastioun, i on page 5

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
the threids o his ain wab, flie til his ain ettercap, an he w
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
'Up above th world ee flie, on page 71

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an burds flie roun in circles. on page 38

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Dinna dicht a flie frae yer frein's brou wi a mu on page 83

1 matches

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