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The word 'ferguson'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fergusonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.34416
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 167.8 16 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 87.3 7 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 60 6 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ferguson in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
'Is es Ferguson Newman's hoose?' says the aal on page 79
ee're a much younger maan nor Ferguson Newman. A'm thinkin that the on page 80
ae the seemin disappearance o Ferguson Newman.' on page 81
ter. Like the disappearance o Ferguson Newman!' on page 82

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
rron had his poorest game and Ferguson was jist poor. Players looked (2022) twitter link
ScottBurns75 Cagliari wanting Ferguson on loan with obligation tae b (2022) twitter link
@DiscussDandies Really doubt Ferguson is a goner. The word from Mai (2020) twitter link
ou’ve got midfield 3 of Ojo, Ferguson, Campbell- then Hedges, Mcgin (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Ron Ferguson wrate in the Herald on 12 Mey
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
he best tae the burra lads - ferguson parks looking braw guys (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
k by Niko Novak an then Barry Ferguson scored fae a free kick in the on page 70

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Ann Ferguson’s heid, thrang wi projects!
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
t, wi the Killie keeper Bobby Ferguson pullin aff a miraculous save on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
k ye coud dae better nor Alex Ferguson awa tae www.iotp-online.co.uk on page 54

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
k ye coud dae better nor Alex Ferguson awa tae www.iotp-online.co.uk on page 54

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
iew: Saltire: Invasioun, John Ferguson, Tone Julskjaer, Gary Welsh.
Creatit by John Ferguson, Saltire is the first superma
2 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
en n conceded. And also Barry Ferguson is a swamp creature. https:// (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
bi the new Meinister Patricia Ferguson. on page 5

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
state. A think it wur Mr Wat. Ferguson an his
huil closed. Thair son Jockie Ferguson an his
rowe til the Yillmuirs. Annie Ferguson,
the youngest dochter o the Ferguson’s o Aister Yillmuir, whae m
Ferguson wis the Gamekeeper yonder fur
5 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
rectors bi tha dizzen, Massey Ferguson an John Deere, Peus an combin on page 20

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General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Dr. Frank Ferguson on page 4

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Roy Ferguson on page 2
Roy Ferguson 10/12/2016 on page 9
Roy Ferguson 16/05/2020 on page 14
Ferguson an Pantridge, on page 42

4 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
rmain @HurchinHome Aye, Frank Ferguson ed. "Ulster-Scots Writing: an (2015) twitter link

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