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The word 'mylk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mylkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4137
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 7
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 mylk in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
p dey mind aboot her sasser o mylk at taetime. Dinah, my dear! I on page 10
rch Hare wis juist cummled da mylk jug atil his plate. on page 75

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da laand dat lippered ower wi mylk an honey. on page 16

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
, da lambs ta maet, da coo ta mylk... on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
tiggit mylk fae shepherds. on page 50
brönnies, kirn mylk, saaft scones an tae. on page 63
da peerie reek o mylk, o wame on page 111

3 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
Dey wir a bottle o fine sweet mylk, a muckle tick brünnie, klyn
an quilkit doon da fine sweet mylk an showed awa upo da coarner
an quilkit doon da fine sweet mylk an showed upo a piece o da ae
3 matches

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
kin doon at her, her face tö mylk white, never sayin a wird. Al
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da peerie trows learn hoo tae mylk a coo athoot bein seen, den h
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
. But we ken tae lay aff o da mylk an bread. Dere’s naethin wa
1 matches

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