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The word 'guinea-pigs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guinea-pigsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.9195
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
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 21.7 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of guinea-pigs in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
an dere haddin him up wis twa guinea-pigs, giein him somethin oot o a b on page 40
Wi dis, een o da guinea-pigs gae a cheer, an richt awa da on page 114
"Weel, yon's da guinea-pigs feenished!" tocht Alice. "Noo on page 115
late-pencil, an da suppressed guinea-pigs shokkin for braeth, hit aa fi on page 125

4 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
middle, be-an held up by two guinea-pigs, who were givan id somethin o on page 38
Here wan o e guinea-pigs cheered, an wis immediately s on page 109
l, an e chokan o e suppressed guinea-pigs, filled e air, mixed up wi e on page 120

4 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e middle, bein held up bi twa guinea-pigs, who wir giein it somehin oot on page 40
Here wan ae the guinea-pigs cheered, an wis suppressed im on page 111
the chokin ae the suppressed guinea-pigs, fillt the air, mixed up wae on page 122

4 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
middle, bein held up b' twae guinea-pigs, whae were ga'en eet somethin on page 39
Here yin o th guinea-pigs cheered, an was immediately s on page 112
"Richt, that feeneeshes th guinea-pigs!" thocht Ahlice. "Noo oo'll g on page 113
an th chokin o th suppressed guinea-pigs, filled th air, mixed up wi t on page 123

4 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ddle, gitting hoult up wi twa guinea-pigs, wha wur gaein it somethin oo on page 40
Here yin o the guinea-pigs channert, an wus immediately on page 113
"Come, thon finisht the guinea-pigs!" thocht Alice "Noo weel git on page 114

3 matches

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