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The word 'alison'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
alisonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus130.141712
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 5268.4 402 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 alison 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.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
iters' group, which is led by Alison Miller. Orkney Voices is wan on page 1

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Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
A organised wi Simon Hall an Alison Miller an event caad Rashy Bu
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hare wis his dochters forbye, Alison, Marion, Helen an Jean wha he on page 10

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West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
e haen technical support frae Alison Bradley. It's guid that the'r on page 5

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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
t fae folk lik the late James Alison, HMI, the late Douglas Giffor
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
ee (or tae be mair exact, Jim Alison, HMI an ASLS member, a dought
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@MizLiot tweeted
been targeted if no for this Alison Weir’s behaviour. Cause & ef (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
fitba team at school but when Alison's ma wrote tae sumbdy on the
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
Nou Alison, my bonny flouer, on page 6
Alison wis gettin gey scunnert o sit on page 7
the blink o an ee, doun went Alison efter it, wi ne'er a thocht i on page 8
"Weel!" thocht Alison tae hersel. "Efter sic a faa on page 9
re wis nowt else tae dae, sae Alison stertit talkin again. "Dinah' on page 10
Also on pages 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44
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General Central

Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Alison Sneddon warks for Community W
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@g_hibby tweeted
ways an upside tae everything Alison.. ??????? (2022) twitter link
2 And a Happy New Year tae ye Alison... ?? (2023) twitter link
're not visiting at this time Alison... Be scunnered if it was cau (2023) twitter link
@gersoise32 Thank you Alison... Have a guid day yersel'... (2023) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
hianmp Ah. I'd forgotten that Alison was on the NEC noo, and that (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
at a hoaspital, but it seems Alison goat it an’ aw. No at the s
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