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The word 'oliver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oliverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
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 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 oliver in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens on page 11

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rriers; like that cunt oot ay Oliver Twist’s dug, growlin at me
1 matches

General Central

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
aen ower. Ye’ll huv heard o Oliver Cromwell.

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
tter aff that posh dick Jambo Oliver to go oot his way to make sur (2018) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
thocht I wad hae you an Neil Oliver in ma heid at the same time!(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
akkin a lot o sense atm. This Oliver storyline, wi a'body prepared(2020)
ll accuse him o nocarin aboot Oliver acause he's got a healthy son(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
the lassie wha reviewed Neil Oliver's latest book has actually re(2020)
regor). Cannae staun yon Neil Oliver but its awfy guid tae see ma (2020)
ld really jine hauns wae Neil Oliver so ah can shout at them "ya c(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
hundreds, Charles Dickens and Oliver Twist times and a’ that. Bu
1 matches

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