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The word 'eaten'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eatenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.33120
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 2
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 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 eaten in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
k on thee troosers fur thoo'd eaten sic a fill. on page 63

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
beard can tell you whit A’m eaten for da last twartree days an
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ot bairns who'd got burnt, an eaten up by wild biests an ither aw on page 12

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
mornin him and his mates hid eaten a tin o plum jam and hard tac
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
on, admit it, fa has already eaten their Easter eggs!(2016)
on this soup bit it’s gettin eaten whilst it’s het. https://t.c(2019)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
ls like a student flat ~ half-eaten Domino's pizza boxes sprayed on page 35

1 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
g made the same day as it wis eaten

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
g made the same day as it wis eaten
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
First meal eaten in oor new hame
1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
ill noo pay th price :-( Jist eaten some galaxy crumble n a!(2012)
nk i shall go tae bed as have eaten almost all the caramel shortc(2011)
I so hope the bairn hisna eaten her sweetie ...... am sure it(2011)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an eaten doon wi snails an slugs.
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
y leaves this hall till ye've eaten the hale cake that's sittin t on page 121
When Bruce Dubskelper hud eaten his way through hauf the muck on page 122

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
hat a convivial meal was then eaten back at Dr Watson's house, bu on page 28
ad been in the area were lang eaten. They were back on hard tack on page 37

2 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
eaten ma hinnie an hinniekame, on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
cunt 'in this family has ever eaten any kind ae fruit. on page 172

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
'Eaten up,' said Tapiwa. "There were on page 31
e some iced bannocks hae been eaten,' Sepo burst oot. 'And his ha on page 55

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
elp!' she cried. 'Or I'll get eaten!' on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
said, BECAUSE THIS POODER, IF EATEN, WILL MAK YER DUG on page 23

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
When eaten doon wi slugs an snails - on page 62

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sae aften discairdit, war aw eaten. An if the breid wis haurd it
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
hed-oot suitors waitin tae be eaten raxed faur ootwi the forest.
hem a chance, as weel, tae be eaten. The forest wolfs watched, ta
2 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
stewartbremner Been there and eaten they crisps. Haud on better d(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
kirstininnes An, the dugs hae eaten my cushions an duvets an ther(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
tell iz th truth: hae ee e'er eaten a bat? when suddenly, thump! on page 10

1 matches

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