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The word 'microwave'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
microwaveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81913
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 4
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) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of microwave in Corpus

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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

Aberdeen

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

General Northern

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

West Central

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

Dundee

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

Edinburgh

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

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ife, and it's a ping like the microwave bein done an I realise that n on page 3

2 matches

General Central

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

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

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

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

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

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

General Ulster

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