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The word 'selkies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
selkiesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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
WCE - West Central
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 selkies in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wae the selkies. on page 18

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
ken isles o Orkney. Here, the selkies sing, and the abundant shell
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ines!" cried da Mock Turtle. "Selkies, turtles salmon, an sae trow; on page 100

1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
raaloane Thanks ?? I'm fond o selkies.(2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
g is a mermarble / merble. Or selkies necklace. Or auld mineral wat(2014)
kie Pool waders and da singin selkies o Quendale ower muckle #shetl(2013)
Da Quendale selkies are geein it laldy and da sta(2013)
Harbour selkies, dunters and neesiks- dey kee(2016)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
tir Friday, even fir dem poor selkies!(2019)

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
da be feart o the bourachie o selkies. The wee beasties will jist b on page 37

1 matches

Thain, Gianna Far Shaddas Lurk, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
ither creatures o’ the sea, Selkies, Nessie, Kelpies,
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Lik bleizin selkies on page 90

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Its yin o yon selkies, is it no?' A spake back. on page 59

2 matches

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