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The word 'goats'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
goatsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2179
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster 84.3 6 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of goats in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
odder fur the horses, kye and goats. on page 37

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
alang wi deuk eggs, an goats cheese, an whatno tae dem, bi on page 2

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
da banes o de'r kye, sheep an goats idda middeens. Firbye dat de' on page 13

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Sheep, goats, deer and even a hen on page 26

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Whaur mountain goats are feart tae try -
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
twa, a couple sonsie sheep or goats, a nice big jaur o wine. Efte
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
an kye (some moilies), nannie goats an coallie dugs, Turkeys, gee on page 20

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
h follaed Jenny tae the Billy Goats Gruff wuiden play park. An th
sleekin unnerneath the Billy Goats Gruff brig on their bellies.
There arenae ony goats trip-trappin ower wuiden brig
iff an I waited bae the Billy Goats Gruff brig as Jenny trip-trap
4 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Yinst thur wur three billy goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goat Gruf
The goats’ hame wus bae a brig.
ss on the braeside. The billy goats wantet the grass.
er the brig. Trolls ait billy goats.’ Wee Billy Goat Gruff sed,
6 matches

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