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The word 'minnie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
minnieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus89.22967
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 941.7 288 1
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 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of minnie in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout Whit aboot Lucky Minnie an her Oo?(2020)

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
e. Aabody is here. Even Lukki Minnie fae da Fair Isle. She’ll da
na be gittin a dance wi Lukki Minnie straight awa. She wis birlin
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
tness. Atap a heathery knowe, Minnie Bruce, the youngest hairster,
quate fowk in the kirkyaird. Minnie Bruce passed by the warlock i
me echt mile aff in the wast. Minnie's granfaither, Auld Mattha Br
owe her piece o bried an jam, Minnie's een traivelled ower her fai
beard. Sae heich on the hill, Minnie cudna makk oot fit Tarry wis
276 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
s quinie tae bide wi her gran-minnie at Trincomalee. She wis still
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
8. The Tale o the Minnie Minnie Mony Feet
“Its a minnie-minnie-mony-feet,” quo Katie prood
“It disna say ‘Minnie-minnie-mony-feet in here,’” he g
el my mither caas it a Mianie-minnie-mony-feet, an sae dis ma da
coorse.. the minnie-minnie-mony-feet.
7 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Mirrens thrappil an bene hir Minnie’s, an tirned it roun an abo
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ikes her cause she's a Moanin Minnie; she looked pure gobsmacked a on page 169

1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ing her heid as she sewed. My minnie isna one for greeting - she on page 3

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Weel thare's Minnie rattons an thare's Daddie rat on page 81

1 matches

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