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The word 'aboard'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aboardOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62117
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 3
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 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
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 aboard in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
, boys, so, queek, let's jump aboard. on page 64

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
dey could barely win aboard her. on page 60
yrtle, an aa seeven fishermen aboard on page 88

2 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
it he made nae effort ta come aboard. Weel we didna kaen whit stat
fice. As we tied up, he clamb aboard an axt fur da skyipper. He he
2 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Mansie gied, awa tae da shop, aboard his boat, we da sail riggit a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
ent. An if Ah'm nae quite 'aa aboard the Polar Express' jist yet,
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
So there wis me, aboard the number 69 bus fae the Bro
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ka stop strange folk wid come aboard ilk een weel kent bit ayewis on page 10

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
it een o' thon hairy mammoths aboard! #BailBail(2015)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
well now - gen up - welcome aboard lads - u wont regret it n mi (2020) twitter link
w following me now - welcome aboard guys - b oan tae ees awe (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Sammy, of course. Welcome aboard, pal,' the cunt shook mah haw on page 60

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
"Aa aboard the meno-go-roon on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the boat, aw o ye! C'moan! Aw aboard!' on page 93

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
'Climb aboard!' said Doug, as a rope ladder on page 8

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
us; an sae suin as we lowped aboard, the ship poued awa fae the C
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots lang(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Piped aboard at each summer vacation on page 50

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
But a lassie aboard a pie, like manna fae the sky on page 105

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
a wee virtual breenge. Climb aboard and don't get #Lonely in the (2020)

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