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The word 'napoleon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
napoleonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.9359
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 1
EDN - Edinburgh 75.3 12 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 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 napoleon in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
it men tae help da Navy fecht Napoleon. Maist wir niver seen agaen.
rna eftir ony trows tae fecht Napoleon.
o Jeemie. Did he help defeat Napoleon? Did he live or dee? I wid da
3 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
mieson, wi mair ambeetion nor Napoleon, ye pot-bellied beer-swiller. on page 8

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
only canny thing tae dae, as Napoleon wanst said, is tae coonter at on page 35
erloo. Okay, her enemy wisnae Napoleon. But nacbody at Skelpem Haw t on page 131

2 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Gin they'd taen Hitler, Napoleon and aa the lave on page 142

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t Lunan Bay. Fowk thocht that Napoleon wuid land troops in Scotland on page 25
y songs takkin the mick oot o Napoleon Bonaparte, the wee Corsican t on page 91
he lang years o the wars agin Napoleon an the French, whit wi sae mo on page 124

5 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
oung boars caa’d Snawba and Napoleon, that Mr Cameron wis breedin
eron wis breedin up for sale. Napoleon wis a muckle, kin o fairce-le
wba wis mair spirity a pig as Napoleon, quicker in speak and mair in
hat mindit them o Mr Cameron. Napoleon syne led them back tae the ke
maument, houiver, Snawba and Napoleon powtit the door open wi their
12 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - Napoleon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Napoleon’s Gairden
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
young boars cried Snawbaw and Napoleon, wha Mr Jones wis breedin up on page 6

9 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
iterranean, throu the weirs o Napoleon. Whit bude an owersetter tae on page 50

1 matches

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