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The word 'pies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
piesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95635
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 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern 88.7 20 7
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 28.4 11 8
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 pies in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ed an butter, macaroni-cheese pies on page 9

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
airy-tatties, hame-made soup, pies an butteries. An in the simme on page 87

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ud be full o plum duff, mince pies, an birssled bubblejock.
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
well dane, bit fit a number o pies tae aet in ae sittin!(2019)

Aberdeen

Leslie, Dawn Press and Journal 2023-12-02 - Doric Corner, (no publisher recorded 2023) Doric, newspaper
he pipes. Fower roons o mince pies an mulled wine, An fower visi
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Mince pies, black or red pud too
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
For fish, pies, puddins bit nae chicken dipp
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fae dreamin o' pies an crisps an monkey nuts on page 150

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"Noor cake an mince-pies," answer't the Midgie, "an it on page 42

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
in a steady trade, he hid the pies bein het up wi a barbecue an
Tam hid a tray o pies. They were deein their best t
pies. Fin Jonsar Eck bocht een he
the van wis foo o pies as weel. As Jonsar Eck sank h
est tae him, "Far did a'a yon pies
11 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
them oot o ma tray wi custard pies fair in the physog. Abody wiz
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Allan fit a sotter wi' a thae pies in yer pic mannie. Pittodrie (2015)

@cligeey tweeted
Boyd for rug advice couple o pies wid seal it(2020)
@DeesideDon I hate half het pies(2020)
gled this oot o Moray and the pies https://t.co/HAA9NLFEQb(2020)
@Ali_Leith I did couch to 5 pies nae bother(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
g, mediocre fitba, overpriced pies & freezing yer balls tae watc(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ouldnae be bothert heatin the pies. Et mine cauld. Jock's is sit on page 1

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
An puddins an pies
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
that we are ower heavy on the pies, pastries, biscuits an cakes,
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
page havered on aboot Scotch pies, haggis-burgers and deep-frie
is mair tae Scots kitchen nor pies or haggis-burgers. Efter aa,
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ole afore he met Rhona. Store pies an broun sauce ca’d back wi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ker (like Mither), her aipple pies and shoartbreid were the best
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
I ask for her recipe for yir pies ????(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a kin suggest the scrumptious pies at the butchers at dobbies ga (2021) twitter link
y bag - wae ur steak n gravy pies - eer sum macheen brother lo (2020) twitter link
@MusselburghAth ps the pies n scran n the pints r oan mr (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
me an wur gaunnae eat scotch pies at half time an kid on wur at on page

1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
like the boy wha ate a’ the pies. An’ that’s why ah reckon
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
She said she’d et two steak pies
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
at they liked, beef stews and pies and tatties an mince, wi dump on page 56

1 matches

Edinburgh

Robb, Fraser Lallans 61 - Jimmy Bond, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, weans
Who ate aa the pies? on page 9

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Microwaves lasagne pies, on page 82

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
inheritit aa the unsaturatit pies
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
bakers, how they wur flingin pies on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
steamin stews and hoat aipple pies and aw kinds o delicious warm on page 46

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
lean an gut an mak intae fish pies. But he teuk awfu ill whan ma
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
r, thon weel kent purveyors o pies, sausage rolls an sugary frie
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@pamcgoo Pies don't alter people's behavour(2020)
@homelesshorse Well nae pies for supper......(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
inks79 @star_welsh Nae Killie pies hen. Killie pies are gud but (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
n cantie, it's time fir mince pies an a wee nip o brandy. It's t on page 77

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
er an wu'll get some rolls an pies an
1 matches

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