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The word 'bakers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bakersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12615
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 47.4 4 1
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bakers in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Aa da best tae da bakers, musicians, drivers, guisers,(2014)

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
i day. Yon thing is king o i bakers. It's fit unites abdy in Aibe(2019)

Aberdeen

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
Fa minds gan tae the bakers fer fresh, warm rolls
Fae the bakers shop, ere wis neen o' this ca

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Fa minds gan tae the bakers fer fresh, warm rolls
Fae the bakers shop, ere wis neen o' this ca
2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
e time. Jonsar Eck wis in the bakers shop ae day buyin some messag
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fin the twa wifies in the bakers shop started spikkin aboot Ge
Jonsar Eck wis served in the bakers shop he gaed awa hame tae hae
here wis a lad cawed Derek in bakers claes wi a kertie shoutin oot
service up tae the bakers, takin three cabbage at a tim
4 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
bocht fae the butchers’ and bakers’ vans, or the tinkers fa ca
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@FinHall Lot o wee bakers shoppies(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Sounds pretty fine aht. Lot o bakers and take away places up here (2019)
tted I spint ma savin's aht e bakers, e butcher, e card shop (Chri(2020)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e wint me tae rin roun ti the bakers' wi it?' Ian speirt. on page 58

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
n auld woman behind me in the bakers the other day. No mask, singi(2020)
@TheDerryCoo I was in the bakers the other day. Auld dear behi(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the long dress n scarf n the bakers hats! (2021) twitter link

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
the break-in doon the bakers, how they wur flingin pies on page 95

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
cakes are comin' oot o' thae bakers' ovens ivry minute o' ivry da on page

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
d velvet cupcake fae the City Bakers. Cathy called me a tight arse on page 4

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
weel in business as fleshers, bakers, an buit an shae makers, as w
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
e it? It's cawed the Lochside Bakers. Dae they no
bakers withoot flooer. Efter that it
2 matches

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