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The word 'poison'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
poisonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33117
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 183.5 4 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 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 poison in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He even resorted tae poison, hidden deep in a chunk o bre on page 16

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ink much fae a bottle marked "poison", id is most certain till dis on page 13

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
ferin as weel. It's jist slow poison.' An wi that Bella vanished i on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
’d have let Mosely spread his poison? (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ssed and glowered and grogged poison doon on the warriors' faces. on page 11
hoosans o snakes, spittin oot poison wi jaggie tongues. And fora t on page 51
ug tae fecht the fufty heids. Poison poored doon like rain. The te on page 56

4 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah normally wid tae choose ma poison. Oan accoont ae the reception on page 30

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
icht in the solar plexus, its poison spreidin oot its evil hauns u
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ant ae be accused ae tryin ae poison yi. on page 87

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Edwina Currie's poison pen, on page 47

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
an poison the sweet wells o water! on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ink much fae a boattle merkt "poison", it's sure tae come back tae on page 13

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
DJ Pulse, 'Poison, is playin oot wan ae their p on page 26

1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
Ye didnae mean tae poison me.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Skailin poison, leavin aff the lid, on page 26

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ersel wishin she had got some poison at the mairket and slipped it on page 51
is somethin awfie in it, like poison or poodered gless? But on page 71
he wanceower. Mebbe they were poison berries that jist looked like on page 72

3 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
starvin us noo they want tae poison us.(2021)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aid, "an say if eet's merked 'poison' or no"; cos she hed read loa on page 12
much frae a bottle merked "poison", there's a guid chance eet w on page 13

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
wis healt o poison here. on page 33
hae been the poison on page 68

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
, "an see whather it's markt 'poison' or naw'; fur shae had read a on page 13

3 matches

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