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Use in varieties of Scots

onions Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 4.6 6 9.9 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences179 4 1 2 0 1
Number of authors11 5 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of onions in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
w.she bought wis five pickult onions. on page 138
d went an gied me two pickult onions an a roll fur free, How'd yi on page 142

2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’It’s the onions in the salad, son’’ ah sn
He kens there’s nae fuckin onions in ma salad. Ah quickly sprin
2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
rg the soup was an invention: onions, leeks, celery, peppers all s(2020) search twitter
eive that I Scots. Many Happy Onions btw(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
r these days dinnae ken their onions. (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 - laddie gets right up ma onions lol (2020) twitter link
lar basis - gets right up my onions - need tae get a dashcam n s (2021) twitter link

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e cook tulip-roots instead o onions." on page 74

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tie Bar! Gone are yon Liver n Onions. Think I'm going tae tack a v(2018) search twitter
coming in tae eat yon liver n onions & tacking ma seat. Happened e(2018) search twitter
hy peas, side plate o'pickled onions and plenty of broon sass? Nae(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
on a Friday, wi piles o fried onions an chips. on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ip-röts ta da cook instead o onions." on page 79

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
em Grice's Ingins here. Pig's onions. Such a bonny peerie flooer.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he cook tulip-roots instead o onions." on page 77

1 matches

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