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The word 'marion'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
marionOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44110
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 62 10 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 21 16 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 1
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 marion in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
and pop some loose change in Marion's bucket. It's fir a guid cau(2019)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
his dochters forbye, Alison, Marion, Helen an Jean wha he looed w on page 10

1 matches

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
I dinnae stand wi Marion Miller. I dinnae stand wi tha (2021) twitter link
tae wheesht? See the hing is, Marion, if ye’re no gaun tae haud y (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lt Claypotts fer his mistress Marion Ogilvy, o the Hoose o Airlie. on page 118

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Marion an’ Morag
Marion is oor Health an’ Fitness q
l, said, “Oh that’s good, Marion.” Ma professionalism only l
ir tae the tap o’ the hill. Marion, Beth an’ I took it easier.
It wis quite a warm day an’ Marion wis soon lamentin’ her choi
10 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Over Wellwood, an his sister Marion mairrit on Watson o Whitehaug on page 69

1 matches

General Central

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
an settlt doun tae his Burns. Marion wis across at Portland Street
here till the bairn wis born. Marion had been fashed at haein nae
illed the stairwell. Upstairs Marion fell about his shouders wi te
Like himsel an Marion, the Towers, baith faither an
4 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
fae generation tae generation Marion... As ma dear Dad wid say, ye (2023) twitter link
_Isles Why gie' yersel' grief Marion... ?? (2023) twitter link
@MoosyerCoo92 Afternoon Marion.. Mrs H, and Daughter H are u (2022) twitter link
erCoo92 And tae yer guid self Marion... ?? (2023) twitter link
rCoo92 That's no good tae see Marion.. Mrs H and Daughter H went u (2022) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

@billykayscot tweeted
@ungaro Aye is ay United, Marion. Hae a guid week yersel x(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Marion Angus https://t.co/DLqObXLbug (2021) twitter link
Remembrance Day by Marion Angus, fae @ByLeavesWeLive ht (2020) twitter link
tae read 'Remembrance Day' by Marion Angus: https://t.co/QP7eNMl5A (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
we got decanted tae ma Aunty Marion’s hoose on the Ayrshire coa
s labouring and sending Aunty Marion a postal order wi’ oor keep
Aunty Marion wis brilliant. She hadnae hea
g tae dae wi’ us noo. Aunty Marion looked a bit like ma mither.
sted ma arm and said if Aunty Marion kicked us oot because of it h
8 matches

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