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The word 'pigeon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pigeonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73811
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 422 12 1
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 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 376.6 12 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pigeon in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Peedie Percy Pigeon prinked apin the dyke, on page 57
we planned hid - we hae wir pigeon pair - on page 60

5 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
draw back in a hurry: a beeg pigeon hed fiown intill her face, an on page 50
A lekly story indeed!" sade e Pigeon, in a sneeran sort o way. "A' on page 51

12 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
en. Mosegi crood in Sassenach pigeon, A gabbit in the Scots. on page 80

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. The grey wing feather aff a pigeon. She wasnae shair aboot pigeo on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
against being yased as a clay pigeon. Each joab is worse than the on page 122

1 matches

General Central

@ionafyfe tweeted
Just telt a pigeon to get oot my wye. That’s ho(2020)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
mp thaim aw thegither. Dinnae pigeon hole them. FAIR DOOS! On tae (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
one. Better sending a carrier pigeon. #answeryourphonr(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A look up. A pigeon gawks doon.
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
r draa baak in a hurry: a big pigeon had flew intae hir face, an w on page 52
likly story, heth!" said the Pigeon in a tone o the deepest conte on page 53

12 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
oot #UlsterScots by caain it "Pigeon English", no "Pidgin English" (2015) twitter link