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The word 'cannon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cannonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81611
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 65.6 1 1
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 cannon in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
terrible rat-a-tat-tattin as cannon shells raked the side o the b on page 41

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ey say mi ancestor invented a cannon or somethin, bit that's neith on page 88

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he Emperor's New Kilt bi Andy Cannon an Iain Johnstone is tourin f
heid' an Ramsay the Ram (Andy Cannon) that gey near stole the shaw
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, 'is actually a ruddy muckle cannon bool on the end o a lang bit on page 104

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Solkits birra struggled ower Cannon Hill insteed; a hud tae stope
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
it at the lowe. It cannon-boomed an cracked, on page 112

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
rookit frozen feet haled like cannon shoat
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
hat “Mon braves” meant “cannon fodder”, expected tae fecht
second rank opened fire wi’ cannon an’ musket. Suddenly, the s
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ant tae. That cunt is a loose cannon, he’s gonae come a cropper
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ely held the brig wi a single cannon, afore they got a feckless ot on page 39

2 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The sixth has a cannon - oot fur cauld murder! on page 30

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
work, she’ll resort tae the cannon! https://t.co/NeZIJuIyiR(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Richt in the cannon's mooth. An then the justalce on page 51

1 matches

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