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The word 'oniethin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oniethinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus258014
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 286.7 27 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 784.6 25 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 254.4 14 2

Occurrences of oniethin in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
A'm here tae chack the mummle oniethin Ye lat me intil wull ye be la on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
held yer haunds paulmies up. Oniethin tae let him ken ye wasnae bat
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
in, fowk isna gaun tae lippen oniethin less nor gowd. Actions an dee
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
en in fack A canna awn tae be oniethin ither nor a 71 year auld Secr
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
e speak at hame. I cannae see oniethin wrang wi that."
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s Robertson cannae be seen as oniethin bit a richt skelp in the puss on page 8
ore a buddie that representit oniethin ither nor Unionism in Scotlan on page 9
onie job? Naebuddie that kens oniethin anent politics thinks on page 10
the needs o speculators afore oniethin that micht be thocht o as the on page 12
Westminster sey oniethin? No that A've heard. Did the on page 18
Also on pages 29, 32, 51, 56, 73, 81, 83, 84, 95, 121, 127
17 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
like inter-clan disputes than oniethin like royal dynastic battles. on page 14
ing had nae intention o daein oniethin ither nor annexin Scotland. G on page 22
here an pey nae attention tae oniethin else.' on page 24
t fairies. Our fairies arenae oniethin like the wee, cute diaphanous on page 29
hips tae ask if they had seen oniethin o his boat - no wantin tae b on page 34
Also on pages 55, 58, 65, 69, 126
10 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
w the ruim the wes skarcelins oniethin o metall an no a tiche o gilt on page 2

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
aye thrang, an ye nivver dae oniethin in parteiklar; an whan ye hae
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
icht, bit. Aye, OK. In lieu o oniethin else tae grab ontae, this wid
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
sus an wull claim juist aboot oniethin tae pit us aff. on page 121

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
n. But, gf 2014 has taucht us oniethin, it’s that Gleswegians haes
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
ooiver Ah didna feel twined o oniethin, exceptin mibbe the ses. Ma s on page 147

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ower dark tae see oniethin: thin shae lukt at the sides on page 9
e cudnae mine iver haein seen oniethin lik it. on page 13
o things, an shae harly knows oniethin! Oniewye, shae's hir, an A'm on page 19
tae a moose: shae hadnae done oniethin lik it afore, but shae mine't on page 22
e else seemt tae want tae say oniethin. on page 27
Also on pages 29, 34, 36, 42, 48, 52, 64, 69, 71, 87, 92, 95, 105, 109, 117, 119
25 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
"A wud gie oniethin tae get ma heid dunked in wat on page 19

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ish ye'd imagine, nae use fur oniethin. on page 10
Oniethin ither than makin folk grieve. on page 32

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
' be 'Ay', an yer 'Na', 'Na'; oniethin mair ner thïs cums frae tha on page 6
onies a guid man wud hae gien oniethin fer tae see whut yous see but on page 9
guid an len, no hopin tae get oniethin bak; an yis wull hae great re on page 79
al yeir, but naebodie cud dae oniethin for hir. She cum ahint Jesus, on page 84
. A'm no gettin up tae gie ye oniethin!' Even he disnae get up an gi on page 89
Also on pages 92, 99, 101, 108, 109
13 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Lea oot oniethin ye dae as pairt o yer pey’d
1 matches

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