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The word 'simon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
simonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus165317
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 12.9 5 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.2 6 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 5
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 170.6 6 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 454.2 25 1

Occurrences of simon in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
Friday by, A organised wi Simon Hall an Alison Miller an even
1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
uan noo, whit is foond teu in Simon Hall’s blog Brisk Northerly
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An Simon Dee on page 196

1 matches

(South) East Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
Hands Up for Trad, headed by Simon Thoumire and hosted by Frieda
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ddler, Gillian Frame an piper Simon MacKerrell, baith o them fae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
no a bad stert tae hear frae Simon Thoumire o Foot Stompin Celti
n intae the Liet Competition. Simon says they've spoken tae the o
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
catch up the day wae eersel n simon m8 n a reckon we r the only t (2021) twitter link

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
he spit o the telly presenter Simon Reeves, except aboot twinty y on page 17

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ae cum doun frae Falstaff’s Simon Shadow. The faither, seeminli
1 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
Simon perks up out ae th’ corner
t but I reckon I dinnae mind. Simon ken whit he was daein, even t
y wee bastard, Rents, ye ken? Simon smirks above us, finally slid
—Simon! Ah yell as ah come, no carin
kin’ ma head spin the most, Simon’s hot mouth sucking all owe
6 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
h he speired at twa brithers: Simon, that was caaed Peter, and hi on page 97

1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
ae think aboot fir the now is Simon.
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
Ex @dundeeunitedfc front man Simon Murray’s thinking “this wil(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
@simonfromharlow Aw Simon, Ah'm sae verra sorry! That's(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
hae every album ever made by Simon and Garfunkel. Brilliant musi(2020)
g as its Stornoway an no that Simon Howie shite.(2020)

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Simple Simon on page 26

5 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
t a "low and vulgar" hallion, Simon! (2019) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Galilee, he saa twa brithers, Simon caad Petèr an hïs brither A on page 4
tha twal possels wus: furst, Simon (caad Petèr) an hïs brither on page 9
o tha Meetin Hoose an on tae Simon's hame. on page 76
tha boats, whut belanged tae Simon, an axt hïm tae pit oot a we on page 77
n thaim tha name o 'Possels': Simon, that he caad Petèr forbye, on page 79
Also on pages 82, 107, 109, 112
25 matches

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