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The word 'fry'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.93823
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 fry in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ying among aa da neebirs wi a fry whin he cam ashore. Ah'll tru on page 2

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@Julie_Dennison tweeted
has arrived! Will try not ta fry dis een (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
side them ye'll baith bake an fry, on page 15

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
less sugar. Ah mye even deep fry it! https://t.co/Ds1NfEGWdT(2020)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A guid fry, mmm-mmm-mmm-m'mmm-my my on page 98
I dae a deep fry on page 193

4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ol an damp, this day we winna fry.
Wi sin, we surely winna fry.
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@thebayfish to dae thon deep fry mugic(2015)
loons and quines, dae ye deep fry thon mars bars? Fit aboot a b(2015)

@Franwella tweeted
wee memory blip. How wiz yer fry up? Gnom, gnom x(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
er the day, tried a'thing fae fry up, irn bru, heedache pills &(2016)
wak up the beach, Inversnecky fry up, followed by a wee sneaky (2017)
the beach fer a full Scottish fry up, any chunce I can use it i(2017)
prices he charges fer a full fry up! https://t.co/MTn5A94P6x(2018)

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
bread dipped in lard after a fry up. Only memories now tho ???(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
that lives oan fish suppers n fry ups n sirloin steaks - am ac (2021) twitter link
n thats no bad as my diet is fry ups/ sirloin stakes/fish supp (2021) twitter link
hey - a reckon thats the nb fry fish supper - its no bad at (2021) twitter link
d steak roll brother - flash fry some o thae minute steaks n g (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r bahoukies that hot ye could fry eggs and bacon on them! A sto on page 150

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Sandy Fry an Auld Nick on page 69

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
yer egg inno the hole. See an fry the 'hole' an aw. Maybe no th(2020)

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
dy-het on the peat embers tae fry on page 55

1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
ower the road thare in Jean's Fry. Jean's laddie Frazer's some on page 1
uttons an yer ower 'at Jean's Fry. Ye'll anely git fatter fir a on page 2
Naw. A haena buin tae Jean's Fry! The cheek ae ye. on page 3
ae a fly fritter frae Jean's Fry. An aye - A'm awfu fond ae m on page 4

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
pasta. Aw we need tae dae is fry some olives, capers, anchovie on page 40

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
e knew they'd better fish tae fry. on page 80

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
aboot in time for the evenin fry. Only at nichts duis it aa ge on page 72

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
particles deidly tae life, an fry awthing electronic.
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
, spring roll, tortilla, stir-fry, take-away, hae aw been addit
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
mically spikkin its verra sma fry indeed!
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
bbe he feels he's too small a fry tae stand up tae the leader. (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Fae syle tae byle tae fry tae bake fae laun tae haun ta on page 77

1 matches

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