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The word 'midgie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
midgieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.9298
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 84.2 19 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 midgie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
towerists, waukers an midgie-ridden lochans.
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
etlins ablow a tree, file the Midgie (for aat wes the insece she h on page 40
ye dinna like aa insecs?" the Midgie heild on, quaetlins as gin na on page 41
"Fine weel," said the Midgie. "haafgaits up thon buss ye'l on page 42
owlin at your feet," said the Midgie, (Ailice drew her feet backli on page 43
id onythin mair," obsairt the Midgie, "in course ye'd miss your le on page 44

18 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
um Maclean fa dis ih 1 meenit midgie challenge? Tak a keek at iss (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
! Whit's yer faither's job, a midgie-raker?' on page 138

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
vin a quiche in the bin for a midgie diver. on page 89

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
A midgie or a cuddy, on page 18

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
d yin. The nixt thing is - a midgie man cud onnerstaun thir poems on page 91

5 matches

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
the midgie is drounin on page 182

1 matches

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