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The word 'scones'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sconesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.65535
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 4
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 7
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 18 7 5
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 9
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 85.3 3 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of scones in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
You should taste her treacle scones. on page 1
oup and some browt home-baked scones. on page 24

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
jist a makar o drop scones fur you? on page 15

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
end, cousins, Auntie Maggie's scones - full on page 13

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
o' wid and tang and dried coo-scones tae warm thir feet as weel ai
They gathered coo-scones fae aa around in the summer t
A grain o' tang an coo-scones wis aye dryin in the neuk-o-t
3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
brönnies, kirn mylk, saaft scones an tae. on page 63

1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
E had cheese scones at nursery daday and wanted m (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
tatties, carrots, yalla neeps Scones an bannocks - hame made jam on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
fine smell o hame-bakes: oven scones, breid, bannacks, rock cakes, on page 87

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
scones; he saa her makkin butter and on page 91

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
en e road, wi faces like torn scones?" An een o them, Cleopas says on page 120

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
addlers an toast, bannocks an scones. on page 46

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Doric Sweet Talk, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Wi scones an jam an a bonnie tay pottie
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
g sandwiches, while she bakit scones an bannocks an biscuits fur f
1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
y sandwiches but I did like e scones wi cream an raspberry jam. E
wi cream an raspberry jam. E scones, mind you, fine tho ey wis, w
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ae be met wi the fine smell o scones cookin on a girdle. The door
stood at the table rollin oot scones. An sic a bonny wee wifie wiz
t at the fire: she turned the scones then swung the hotterin kettl
y wi a plate o fresh buttered scones an hame made cheese. Lizzie t
mair at the table rollin oot scones for she’d nivver heard her
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
i the tasty yoam hett crummly scones, licht butteret
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Hunners 0' scones an' gallons o' tae ye've dran on page 11
skiffie we sure did look The scones were fine as wis the tae An' on page 29

2 matches

(South) East Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
ometimes mak some bannocks or scones fur the bairns' tea. Mind, wh on page 4

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ingle. Auld Aggie haed baked scones and bramble jam wi reamy butt on page 1

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
eam cakes an freshly buttered scones. on page 37

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Her pancakes an her girdle scones wir fabulous tae eat.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Tattie scones and barley bree.
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
wi boards o breid and tattie scones, on page 129

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nion, read as “Coffee an’ scones”, in the nearby tearoom. Ma
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
Wendy, especially her sultana scones when there werenae sultanas i on page 38
uess all jist really miss her scones, pal. That's all? A hadnae th on page 40
m that a always spat oot. Nae scones or bacon in sight. Da wis tha on page 42

4 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
claes an war telt hoo tae mak scones an bile a egg. Monday efternu on page 21

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Teeger that Cam for his Tea, (Floris Kelpies 2018 ISBN: 978-1782504665) Central, weans
yet, sae Sophie raxed oot the scones. on page 6
He golloped the hail plate o scones. on page 9

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Haud forrit, ma wee scones! peched Mr Tod. 'Dinna gie up on page 26

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
- he cowps a creel o scones wi a vexed airm - on page 45

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
. She wad mak a farl o tattie scones or oatcakes on the girdle. Cl
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ntion it Paul.. We got tattie scones yesterday, so that's another (2023) twitter link

@iainnicol tweeted
Time fir some drap scones. ??(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
e dookin fir aipples, treacle scones oan a string and the like. Ah(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
e dookin fir aipples, treacle scones oan a string and the like. Ah(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
the biscuit tins, flambé the scones, on page 77

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
bacon, eggs, soasij, tattie-scones, black puddin - the works. S
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Wi a belly full o soda scones soakin up the mugs o tea
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
There was racks o scones and biscuits too an for a wee
1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
fadge. The skinny oul tattie scones the Scotchies hae wud gie ye (2017) twitter link

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