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The word 'lions'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123916
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 278.2 6 1
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.6 17 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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 lions in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ngeti spaekin aboot a pride a lions prowlin ahint him, whin Clair on page 52

3 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
baest. "Is there ony lions or teigers hereabouts?" she s on page 57

1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
sortit oot crabbit lions by tyin their legs and airms on page 3
on o Nemea. He wisna feart at lions. Wance he focht three o them on page 7
or years. He'd been clawed by lions, skelped by snakes, tellt aff on page 53

6 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
m, 'Special anes - teeny wee lions, teigers an ellyfants frae Ja on page 59

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a weel kenned fact that mair lions are kilt by hyenas than by hu
yenas than by humans (in fact lions kill mair lions than either b
kill mair lions than either but that is by th
3 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
jist a big feartie, ah thocht lions wis supposed tae be brave,”
ids tae sort oot aa the ither lions wha had been bullying him of
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
8 - defo enjoyin watchin the lions the noo (2021) twitter link

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
s the other day Thuv taen the lions an’ tigers away A mean, a k
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
frae the dens o lions, on page 8

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
fie steer o them in Botswana: lions, elephants, leopards, ostrich on page 4
hich guairdit the kye fae the lions at nicht.' on page 6
n sic a scunnersome stooshie. Lions dinna like that kinna thing, on page 19

5 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 85 - What Kind Of Scots?, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
cockieleeries an tods; lions an mice. on page 9

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'A ken! It's yin o yon sea-lions, like it Embrae Zoo,' A said. on page 59
'Naw! Sea-lions dinnae eat fowk! A jalouse th on page 63

4 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ial, an hoo his kin focht lik lions agin sic treacherse bi niche. on page 14

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
fechtin aff wolfs an bears an lions on page 82

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Ay, or like yon muckle lions in Afrekae!" A said joco like on page 79
"Naw, it's ower cauld for lions, an yin geenipig wadnae bi en on page 80

3 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
up game but 1 listen to Three Lions by David Baddiel and the lads (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Where lies The Lions Mound on page 12

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
This will be gid#lions(2013)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
past lions an unicorns on on page 84

1 matches

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