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The word 'calories'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
caloriesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4118
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
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 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 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 calories in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Pete tried tae cut her calories and fed her breed and watter. on page 51

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Div ye iver keek aat the #calories o yer dinner an think aat’s (2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
o weys tae burn aff aa o them calories. Mony o Porto's kirks are sto on page 9

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
he score: a better idea o fit calories ar, an foo they wirk, is ’i
1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
Foo mony calories in a moo fae o midgies their (2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
for 'e eens thit say "half 'e calories" soz I kin ate twice as mony.(2019)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
thin she'll tell yi the exact calories an the amount ae fat that's i on page 147

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o the dockers for thousans o calories there wis nae uise ava in the on page 56

1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
time so thanks for awe takin calories oan ma behalf! Hee hee! xxx(2015)
Evers Thank you fir takin the calories fir me! Nite nite fae Scotlan(2015)