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Use in varieties of Scots

microwave Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 5.7 3 19.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences1711 2 2 0 0 2
Number of authors12 7 2 1 2

Occurrences of microwave 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.

Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Shi nukes ir coffee in thi microwave on page 68

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
a note taped tae the lid ae a microwave macaroni cheese that said, Go on page 169

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
n instance, sheddin the word 'microwave' an owersettin 'micro' an 'wa on page 12

3 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
cupboard near the lime green microwave and produces another gless. I
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
replaced her toaster, kettle, microwave and her utensils even got her(2020) search twitter
non stick set. I don't use a microwave at all, a dinnae like them ??(2020) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
hem an humphin them intae the microwave.(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
@BootstrapCook Microwave recipes, for thon wi nae acce(2020) search twitter
nna_gallers Ah've anely got a microwave. Salmon fillet, 90 secs, braw(2020) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
nt in ma kitchen involvin the microwave explodin aifter I tried tae c
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
faaf. An canna be dein wi yon microwave stuff they caa porritch.(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
didna maitter - he wid buy a microwave. on page 24
e plastic packets in a modern microwave. on page 44

2 matches

Ulster

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
r worst abomination's that ye microwave yer tea!
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
u'll hae tae gie the cratur a microwave: wheech the tay in thonder an (2015) twitter link

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