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The word 'organs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
organsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.2149
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
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 organs in Corpus

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
disease had spread tae idder organs, weel I kent whit I wis daeli
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae wi the business o hairstin organs – the buyin an sellin o fow
ype-matchin an cross-matchin. Organs liftit frae a corp warna near
2 matches

Rumbles, Brodie-Anne Recordin on Beep, (Scots Hoose 2022) Doric - Banff, weans
ts, rips apairt, revealin new organs and een. I am gaein to dee on
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
atrice intended to donate her organs - it’s much the same thing
either side wi the ilk sense organs that merkit his chin. Bit mai
omparet wi the ither. Thermal organs braks oot in patches: ayweys
bouk, muvin saftly ower sense organs lik dimples doon either side
4 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
organs first and then eventually spr on page 37

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
chesty resonance shoogles yir organs. on page 3

2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ham ‘n organs fir brake-fast
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
he launeddas, drums an street-organs on page 28

1 matches

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