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The word 'liver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
liverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13719
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 70.9 16 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of liver in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Cod liver oil and vitamin C - chicken on page 75

1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
ere and yon until he fund the liver o the worm
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
e'll hae dis fine bit a lambs liver fur wir Christmas dennir, dat on page 29
is maet. Da tocht a cookin da liver, just fur hersel, medd her fe on page 30

2 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
sit. He hed a guid feed o raa liver an a puddin o forkitails.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
doon wi wine an connach their liver on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ppy at day we aa thi gut's an liver's tae ait. Thi next problem e on page 20

3 matches

Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon, (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
nauseating prizery. Andrew's Liver Saalts wis a godsend compared
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the cook fin she washed coo's liver oot afore she sliced it.
1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
the butchers for sassages an' liver
1 matches

General Northern

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
And a liver like Rab C
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
This blooming Liver is on the Fittie Bar menu aga(2018)
r grub fer the day, bit still liver & blooming kidney on it! Ma a(2018)
the boat & yon Polish crew - Liver & Sausage! A "Friday Special"(2018)
Oh ma heed! First liver & sausage specials and now th(2018)
the Fittie Bar! Gone are yon Liver n Onions. Think I'm going tae(2018)
and 8 other occurrences.

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
uld get a shot at dissectin a liver or keekin at the wey stomach
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the deiffer, an wul liver ye ti Tornes wiout let. It is
1 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
'll end up in the hospital wi liver damage, an dinnae expeck us t on page 136

1 matches

Glasgow

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
aw. Yi can see aw the pairts: liver, lungs an heart, red lines fi on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Her liver an lanesomeness, on page 6

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
s o thur denner, here's mine. Liver & bacon wi mash. https://t.co(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
sure ye hae a stock o tha oul liver saats in for Boxin Deh.
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
spoont porridge mixed wi cod liver oil intae hir twin brithers' on page 28
in mair spoonful o mingin cod liver oil frae the raw hans o hir m on page 29

2 matches

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