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The word 'pork'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
porkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92210
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 2
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
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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 pork in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Roast pork wi a chunk o crisp crackleen, on page 31
I bowt some pork chops and a bit o boil - the on page 58

4 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
owerstep the mark. An exotic pork haggis, Williamson’s honest
boulder. Cut it open, and the pork heart nuggets inside are swee
2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Affa guid pork loins in a stroganoff sauce f(2016)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I didna even ken pigs gave us pork chops on page 80
Chicken or pork on Sunday's fit I wint, on page 87

2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
at the Fittie Bar? Fit next? Pork Scratchings will help my gout(2016)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
tammata soup or 'e tin o chop pork.(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s a few folk fae here fond ae pork, aw and some cunt on page 24
tae face his direction "Quiet pork chop" he hissed. on page 190
Jordan fae earlier "Remember pork chop fae reggie?" on page 196

3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
el wis wan o thae flat-topped pork-pie yins wi a pyot's fedder s on page 24
purple-strippit pyjamas wi a pork-pie bunnet on his heid, she t on page 29
eggs on fried breid wi three pork sausages and three strips o b on page 53

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hot dinners wis sweet an sour pork, cheese an ham pizza or lasag on page 87

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
He raired oot, 'Bacon, pork and ham! on page 43

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
GRUMPHIES WI PORK JAGS, SAIR SPYOGS, BRISTLE SM on page 30
ef. Mair muckle grumphies for pork. Mair muckle sheep for mutton on page 62
rumphie will gie ye a thoosan pork chops! It's a beezer, ma dear on page 74

3 matches

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