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The word 'tony'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tonyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72920
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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 tony in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
e o the North o England. When Tony Warren penned Elsie Tanner’
1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Shetland is just faan mad fir TonyÂ’s Chocolonely, wir all braal (2021) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
Get oar it, you won ? Anither Tony Blair is fit we need? (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SteveRooney16 look brother tony - tak a leaf oot ma book - (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
We cannae afford, Tony says, These extra millions, on page 45

1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ed his economic programme, an Tony Benn an Michael Foot were i g
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
government, durin the time o Tony Blair as Prime Meenister an D on page 24
el Farage, wha aye minds me o Tony Hancock's comic persona fer s on page 112

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
so wi ended up we Cherie an Tony. on page 73

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ordinar fowk coud maister is Tony Connery's steid www.connerysc on page 65

3 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
, idle chiel. A can jist mind Tony Grocer and Clem Ashby singin
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
irty noo free o the baggage o Tony Blair, an led by The Popular
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Murphy’s Law, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
Fan Tony Blair becam leader o The Labo
1 matches

Smith, George Electrical Love, (Thi-Wurd 2013) Central, prose
Westy’s it the bar n Tony’s in the toilet – while A
Jobbie, Tony? Westy asks, placin three tum
Visit tae the Bank, Tony says.
Whit’s this lager? Tony asks n how comes ma tumblerâ€
Tony’s laughin: Bite me – yah
6 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
the Trinidadian on the bench, Tony Rougier, and he wis mibbe my
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
t intae the pan fae the paper Tony? :) (2023) twitter link

@MartinBroon tweeted
@tw___fitness Cheers Tony same tae You and Yours. LetÂ’(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
urrently got mair plates than Tony Macaroni's.(2017)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s eejits ie BoJo, Randy Andy, Tony Blair, etc... Simple as that!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
the only eligible chap there (Tony, who wiz Mr Flowers, A Counci
d Joe yet. That wiz Steve and Tony (pure dead brilliant they wur
2 matches

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