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The word 'flakes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
flakesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12016
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 19.6 6 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of flakes in Corpus

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Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
de wi a ham-sized nev, causin flakes o roost tae faa lik snaa.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
poored oot ae milk, ontae his flakes, he thocht aboot the aul wifi on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
We'd seen a twa-three flakes o sna on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tit te snaa again, great saft flakes floatin throwe the air like f on page 77

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
on rale faist an saft noo, wi flakes the size o peppermints, the l
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ben the nicht in thick, cauld flakes till the grun ootbye wis like
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
irlie doon. Fine oatmeal, oat flakes, ingin and suet. Aa mixed igi(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
loomed oot of the maelstrom o flakes, an he near scared a wifie oo on page 32

1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ter comes in seelence, muckle flakes on page 80

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Has left (I canna hae corn flakes noo) on page 132

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wis nakit - except fer a few flakes o pastry - an Davie's prize on page 95

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
conteenue ilka new bit juist flakes aff on page 26

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
theikit ruif an wyvit willie flakes fur waws. A roch brat ower-hi
ries. The trig kailyairds hed flakes aw roun ti haud out
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
are's haud ups, diversions an flakes on page 8

1 matches

General Central

@jax6754 tweeted
o I'll be stickin tae ma bran flakes rhe now as they stop me getti(2014)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Doon-licht yella flakes on page 27

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
the big snowballs wi coconut flakes sprinkled all over them hi
1 matches

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