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The word 'backson'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
backsonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1131
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 17.4 13 1
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 backson in Corpus

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General Central

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
BACKSON on page 72
'It jist said, "A wa oot. Backson." The spit o this, forbye tha on page 74
Robin is awa oot somewhere wi Backson. He and Backson are thrang th on page 75
een a Spreckelt or Herbaceous Backson in the Forest onywhere?' on page 76
'A Spreckelt or Herbaceous Backson?' on page 79
Also on pages 84
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