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The word 'olive'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
oliveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51816
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of olive in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. In the hinnereyn though the olive ile hid deen the trick and th
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
punt Jess, Wee Jock, Frunkie, Olive, Jeannie, Muggie & Victor. Mi(2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
o the olive-green disks on page 35

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
she haes, Faither: pure licht olive, an nane o thae wee skelfs ye
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ance o a wee part time job at olive bank brother - as an ex coon (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The velvet olive skins o southren France, on page 98

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
an olive-lichened names an traces
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Howzitgaun?" I offer a wee olive branch generally 'ae the back on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Lik a roond fat olive. on page 30

1 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
a guid scoosh o olive ile on page 68

2 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ey that roses grows amang the olive branches. on page 55

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ggs, grey-white and green, wi olive and broun spots. Gently, he p on page 18

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
palace, humphin muckle jars o olive ile an wine, an the herbour n
t awa. The arra skitit aff an olive tree, an landed in a burn tha
2 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@HKBelvedere Hoo about olive oil?(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ld Ya Ya, skin a twin tae the olive trees she moves unner, teeth on page 23

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
some boy wi thon bear, savin Olive Oyl forbye." on page 44

1 matches

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