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The word 'bacon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baconOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46132
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23.2 9 6
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 6
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) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 229.8 7 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bacon in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Some sausages, mushrooms and bacon dished up wi a saft-fried egg on page 31

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sausages, bacon and egg, and plenty o toast on page 73

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Da smell o bacon rolls waftin oot o Faerdie Ma
y, wis I on wan. I glippit my bacon roll as I headed up Mounthool
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
is plate Fried loaf, eggs and bacon He turned green an left the r on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
otter an a fizz like birsslin bacon as his flames gaed oot. Bit h
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ns for "chicken lettuce under bacon" is at for real?(2020)

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Slee Bacon, telt’s he’d cairry’s o
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
d-famous singers an be served bacon rolls by Rob Brydon.
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
We're makin bacon I' day on page 100

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
aye, She assured me there wis bacon an eggs as weel. I
tried tae enjoy my bacon an eggs. I'll tell you this i
2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
isSoutar is that yer Ayrshire bacon?(2015)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
affa fine. Twa savage an twa bacon minimum should be the law tho(2019)
@CaroleInnes0 @DeesideDon Nae bacon???(2020)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
e so ah grabbed the piece oan bacon she haundit me an split. on page 7

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oes taegether as naturally as bacon and eggs. Ah wish he wisnae h on page 48

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wid hiv tae wait. So wid the bacon rolls. An that's how twenty m on page 19
. Probably cause I missed the bacon rolls this mornin. Shuggie lo on page 25

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Than bacon, beef, or caviare.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@EbbyMalc17 Nae smokie bacon in there ????(2020)
@GarryDClarke ??. Nae bacon roll tho ????(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
am no cos ma wimmins got twae bacon n egg doublers oan tae fill m (2021) twitter link
27boyo aye n get a coffee n a bacon roll tae u get that puncture (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
k sausages and three strips o bacon and a puckle fried tomatoes. on page 53
chin wi eggs and sausages and bacon. She looked up. She seen her on page 54
hat hot ye could fry eggs and bacon on them! A stoater o a book, on page 150

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
yi no lik ham as in slices ae bacon. Ah don't understaun aw that, on page 88

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
i jist enough time tae grab a bacon piece or twa. On an on an on on page 49
smoke, a cup o coffee an twa bacon rolls afore he haud tae get b on page 50
er they warkit on, grabbin at bacon rolls an plastic cups o coffe on page 52

3 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
rful news ah’ve prepared us bacon and sausages. Yin final blow
1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
Da made me a tng breakfast wi bacon rashers and eggs. It wis the on page 38
lways spat oot. Nae scones or bacon in sight. Da wis thanking the on page 42

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
square sausage an haggis, an bacon an eggs in the fridge.’ ma
1 matches

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
200g smoked streaky bacon on page 68
Pit the bacon, ingan, an herbs (exceptin fo on page 69

4 matches

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
s weel! Nae tea! Nae eggs and bacon! Nae buttered toast!' on page 92

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
meekit hams and fufty sides o bacon! on page 52
awsome hams. 'And dae ye like bacon, Brock?' on page 55
deuks and geese and hams and bacon were ladit ontae them. Quickl on page 56
deuks and geese and hams and bacon, and awbody wis layin their l on page 75

6 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ilk; whan sic things as meat, bacon, grains, butter, sugar, chees
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
hatasyousay7 ?? Nah i like ma bacon n egg rolls.(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
denner, here's mine. Liver & bacon wi mash. https://t.co/zoTPrz7(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
n an we hud a big scran-up - bacon, eggs, soasij, tattie-scones,
1 matches

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
nd yer white washed eggs, Yer bacon's dry as bone
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ggs in a bow] an twa slices o bacon happed in paper. Leonard need on page 10
a brave boy." She pit the bak bacon on the griddle as Daniel's st on page 11
n," said he, as he lifted the bacon ontae the boy's plate. "Ihere on page 12

7 matches

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