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The word 'mischief'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mischiefOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52522
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mischief in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
and Gordon, three birkies, on mischief, hell-bent. on page 61

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
games, sports, music- maakan, mischief – iny kind o non-work relat

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Cheerio for eenoo . . ., (Shetland Times 2011) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ot for ony signs o dir trowie mischief.
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
orse. Ee mosst hev meant some mischief, or else ee'd hev signed yer on page 115

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
llies and can iways be up tae mischief wee, cos ats fit yi dee fan y
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
om Crail. Nearly did masell a mischief.(2019)

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
maist o ma time gettin up te mischief Pipe Sergeant o the Kintore P
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ted. It must be Johnny. Fu ae mischief. Just didnae think aheid ae h on page 1

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
arts ony morpheme: mischancy, mischief, unchancy,
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
thing to keep the bairns frae mischief.”
1 matches

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
memories ur painted wae mischief. Am
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Nae great mischief,' Wolfe said, 'Gif they shoul on page 41

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
ual yin. Let's no add tae the mischief bi bringin Scots intae the eq
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
et awa as weel. Jalousin some mischief he shoutit him back, an scanc
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
tly they are prone tae makkin mischief or worse. Tho there were ithe on page 29

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
but I cannae listen, mirth an mischief is brewin, we giggle 'ae wirs on page 3

2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
o social mischief
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
claes. A wun ower athoot ony mischief an wis suin stotin alang thro on page 22

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
them wis teemin wi hertscaud, mischief, and dule. I dinnae like tae on page 1

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
three centuries will do less mischief to the text of an old ballad on page 69

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
on it, an Ah've done masel a mischief. #MSsucks https://t.co/9BFU9b(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
What mischief baith could weave on page 42

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
orse. Yae must hae meant some mischief, or else yae wud hae signed y on page 119

1 matches

General Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
rtin” is maybe a bit open to mischief :)(2020)