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The word 'hedgehog'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hedgehogOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.74214
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 246.1 7 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 41 8 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 87.3 7 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 219.7 7 1
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hedgehog in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
id freend. We coont Birsie da Hedgehog as een o wir best. Wir used t
’s naethin waar for gaein a hedgehog da scoor.
Hit’s surprisin hoo quick a hedgehog can shift. Anidder thing dey
“Follow me afore du’s hedgehog toast,” I instructed, as I
4 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ae wir guid freend, Birsie da hedgehog. Whit an onkerry we hed rescu
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
oot, an wis goan till give e hedgehog a blow wi ids heid, id wid tw on page 79
hould hev croqueted e Queen's hedgehog joost noo, only id ran awy wh on page 81
. So she went in search o her hedgehog. on page 82

7 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
up on en like a hedgehog. “Get aff yon cheer”, he
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Cute hedgehog painted steen £9 fae The Blo(2017)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ty an hud the road sense eh a hedgehog. on page 7

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
And how fast dae ye think a hedgehog's hert beats?' Matilda speire on page 225

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in an it reminds me ae a baby hedgehog's. He never even mentioned th on page 160

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
oot, an wis aboot tae gie the hedgehog a smack wae its heid, it'd so on page 81
ould ae croqueted the Queen's hedgehog the noo, cept fir it ran away on page 83
aff she went in search ae her hedgehog. on page 84

7 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ast, legs gawn like Sonic the Hedgehog. on page 34

1 matches

General Central

@DABArbuckle tweeted
es I hope yer next shite is a hedgehog coming oot backwards(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
d oot, an was gaun tae gie th hedgehog a dunt wi eets heid, eet woul on page 81
ould hae croqueted th Queen's hedgehog jist noo, only eet run awa wh on page 83
. Sae she went lookin fur hur hedgehog. on page 84

7 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
‘A hope yer next yin’s a hedgehog’, and doon the dark wee cor
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
t oot, an wus gan tae gie the hedgehog a bleenge wi its heid, it wud on page 82
provokin tae fin oot that the hedgehog had unroult itsel, an wus in on page 83
hud hae croquetet the Queen's hedgehog thur noo, only it run awa whi on page 84
Sae shae went tae luk fur hir hedgehog. on page 85

7 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
what to do with a hibernating hedgehog...well first things first...i (2021) twitter link