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The word 'knox'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
knoxOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83617
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 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central 229.3 5 1
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.4 14 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of knox in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
t bowsin at the nappy wi John Knox in Geneva, an gettin fou an u on page 57

2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
oupit, whaur a sermon bi John Knox in 1559 haed ignitit the Refo on page 12

2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
between Pat Butcher n Archie Knox! Must be trying tae scare awa(2019)
chty me! Archie (Pat Butcher) Knox did nae last lang! #gyposwon (2019)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
hey war deid, a surgeon cried Knox supplyin the siller.
Knox wad acquire the bodies for hi
lly’, an began tae spier at Knox whaur he wis findin these bod
crimes, an the involvement o Knox, is commemoratit in this auld
Knox the boy that buys the beef.
5 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
wi the wirds, JOHN KNOX HIS CHAIR kervit ontil’t.
ieces tastes the same in John Knox’s chyre,
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
se. And what soonds like fort knox bein opened up. The fuckin th
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s o fowk think o him, Johnnie Knox focht agin estaiblishit on page 18
es as George Buchanan or John Knox in bringin forrit the ideas t on page 125

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
rit O enterprise they took Dr Knox's requirement fer deid boadie on page 108

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ony saucrit muisic efter John Knox an his reformers haed born th
1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
stravaigin Knox's semi-loyal son on page 56

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
be, nae maitter that Maister Knox on page 38

1 matches

Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
He felt auld John Knox at his back
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
John Knox descreivit this kyne o maledi
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
ld priest turnt reformer John Knox haed his ain reportit sichtin
leegious reform, an fowk like Knox wis on nettles that it micht
gait. Throu the winter o 1564 Knox, in his history o the times,
For John Knox God fasht at the daeings o Qu
18ct an 19t century editors o Knox’s wark jaloused he haed see
9 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
cots micht hae been, gin John Knox, Jamie the Saxt, the ‘parce
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Noo Doctor Knox tae educate on page 41

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
oot psychopaths. Whit if John Knox hadnae bin sae thrawn? (Note on page 39
Whit if John Knox hid fawen in luve wi Mary Que on page 40

2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
QueenofScots Dinnae tell John Knox aboot the holiday lassie, he' (2014) twitter link