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The word 'saison'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
saisonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92215
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 2
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 42.2 3 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of saison in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
fae waddered end-o-saison sichts. Autumn, on page 39
aain tae da guttin whin neist saison cam roond. on page 67

2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
he yett. Three hunner for the saison.' on page 43

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The saison; nor the hoose forenent ye, y on page 28

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 73 - The Unco Spate, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Dundee, poetry
in saison's turn on page 11

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
im ti vizzie at the enn o the saison. The puir Brithers wes in ane on page 46

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an whan peapods are in saison on page 9
durin donkey matin saison on page 10

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Rememberin appenin in due saison on page 134

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
ferm at Hvamm thon verra same saison. on page 14

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
rk they did athoot deval, fae saison tae saison o the year, but th on page 62

2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
d..... we are in the back-end saison o the year.(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
It maun be proota getherin saison. "Thon's a brave guid crap th on page 8

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
saison fleetin ain sae quïck. on page 13

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
nd had signed up fur the hale saison at the Plaza. Maisie had mair on page 59
ur him. Wud she find him wi a saison ticket houler, a Lancashire l on page 60

2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ime haes aye bin my favourite saison o the year on page 48
Maves wae it's nixt saison. on page 55

2 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
the #football folk an the new saison: an aul #UlsterScots yarn tha (2014) twitter link

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