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The word 'milky'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
milkyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52114
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 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 4
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 milky 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.

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ny blue o the good yin it wiz milky and sair lookin. “Oh ma pee
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a' in the Valencian leid. The milky drink made oot o chufa nuts h on page 4

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
his fingers, aa slivvery and milky it made his fingers feel, bit
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
lour ae his skin hus went fae milky white, tae pure beetroot. A f on page 109

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
The Milky Way stretched ower the sky,
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
onny - dinnae lissen tae the milky bar kid lol (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
at bullies past that deepest, milky, tranquil Shane that had five on page 3

2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
it yer cowboy outfit oan. The milky bar kid.”
“The Milky Bars are on me!”
If Ah had a Milky Bar tae ma name - which Ah d
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, replies as McDade sooks the milky hash smoke intae his lungs.
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
ug. 'Kat's a veesitor fae the Milky Wey, an I'm...' on page 15

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah look intae Granny's milky, blue eyes. If fngs wur diffe on page 35

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
that oor galaxy is cryed the Milky Wey. The Milky Wey galaxy its
Wey. The Milky Wey galaxy itsel haes million
e end o ane o the airms o the Milky Wey, weel awa fae the Galacti
clood throu the shiftin o the Milky Wey as it birls roond micht g
4 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
burst in aboot oor neuk o the milky wey, athin a thoosand licht-y
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
wi the milky ee o regret an tip on page 44

1 matches

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