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The word 'simpson'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
simpsonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.895
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of simpson in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
, "Keep it simple, son." John Simpson, Convener o Fife Cooncil, spa
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
ck tae hes Dad. “... An the Simpson’s hae fower.” Tae Teenie
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n, Vincent Park an W. Lindsay Simpson. He gat a teachin job first o
1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Ye ken Mrs Simpson? Auld Mrs Simpson?" on page 92
ie. "Faur brawer nor auld Mrs Simpson." on page 93

4 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
er seems tae age. Like Maggie Simpson. #HolbyCity(2020)

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
was Albert Spence, an Dickie Simpson he took part,
1 matches

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