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The word 'onions'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
onionsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11711
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 onions in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
on a Friday, wi piles o fried onions an chips. on page 31

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ip-röts ta da cook instead o onions." on page 79

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
em Grice's Ingins here. Pig's onions. Such a bonny peerie flooer.(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e cook tulip-roots instead o onions." on page 74

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
tie Bar! Gone are yon Liver n Onions. Think I'm going tae tack a v(2018)
coming in tae eat yon liver n onions & tacking ma seat. Happened e(2018)
hy peas, side plate o'pickled onions and plenty of broon sass? Nae(2018)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
m8 - laddie gets right up ma onions lol (2020) twitter link
lar basis - gets right up my onions - need tae get a dashcam n s (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
w.she bought wis five pickult onions. on page 138
d went an gied me two pickult onions an a roll fur free, How'd yi on page 142

2 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
‘’It’s the onions in the salad, son’’ ah sn
He kens there’s nae fuckin onions in ma salad. Ah quickly sprin
2 matches

General Central

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
rg the soup was an invention: onions, leeks, celery, peppers all s(2020)
eive that I Scots. Many Happy Onions btw(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
r these days dinnae ken their onions. (2022) twitter link

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
he cook tulip-roots instead o onions." on page 77

1 matches

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