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The word 'candy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
candyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.13319
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 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 31.9 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 candy in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The bairns aal waanted candy - on page 8

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
coonter war the sweeties: coo candy, double lollies, sherbet dib- on page 87

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
's junkie-lan, her current ee-candy an squeeze.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
kfast. As he sookit a moufu o candy, his lugs wummled
ye strippit baas, an coo’s candy, an caramels an chocolates aa
2 matches

General Northern

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a bobbin birlin up es cotton-candy on page 82
Minerals crystalise crack-candy scabs, on page 83

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A candy floss later an then on page 111

1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e chowie toffee wiz caad "Coo candy" because o the coo on e Heila(2020)
ie toffee wiz fyles cried Coo candy.(2020)
StevieG1978 Fit aboot Coulter Candy?(2020)

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
candy-stick ane frae Hanzel an Gret on page 20

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Bak Tae Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2015) Central, weans
tuffin thir face wi Christmas candy!
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
rds are reived frae them like candy frae a babe's haun as they gr
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n baws, toffee doddles, cough candy, coulters candy, moffat toffe
, coulters candy, moffat toffees, sherbet dabs
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
C is for the candy trimmed around the Christmas on page 40

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
rguin an scoffin ice cream an candy floss on page 28

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
tt fae Primary Three, who hus candy fags stickin oot his poacket. on page 7

3 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
intae his bag, 'ye cin get a candy apple urr a bag ae whelks. Mu on page 1

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
THE ROCK-CANDY MINE - 10,000 FIT DEEP, it s on page 136

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n front o me. His drink hus a candy-cane straw in it. on page 11
tuffin hur falserfree face wi candy floss. Mum and Dad took the r on page 31
smelled o warm doughnuts and candy floss. Men in flat caps wur s on page 32

3 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Coulter's Candy on page 24

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
did ye ken whaur Coutar o the candy bade an whan he died; did ye on page 129

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Lik sucker candy? Na, he’s faur ower sauty.
1 matches

@fairpechtoot tweeted
t tae, we aye sang 'Coulter's Candy' and 'Clap-a Clap-a handies'.(2018)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
ys visited the new Coulter’s Candy sculptures in Gala earlier, a(2019)