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The word 'smoked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
smokedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52415
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of smoked in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
I've smoked ma last smoke Hing oot the fl on page 15

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
gs. This wiz the only fag she smoked, she’d hae een at ten o’c
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
g else entirely. I hiv nivver smoked in my life an canna stand the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ly the fish, which is usually smoked haddock poached in milk. Boke
Heh min! ma faither smoked like a lum and drunk like a f
2 matches

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
Tastes better than it looks, smoked paprika mayonnaise, I’ve roa(2019)
ottishJill @mickeyblue1 I eat smoked Cornish Hake doon ere. #lush (2019)

@cligeey tweeted
Smoked haddock poached eggs jersey t(2020)
ish van this week haddock and smoked haddock and a packet o Hardie(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie Fash supper wi a smoked savage chaser. Mock chop jist(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
een exaggerated moothfulls ae smoked salmon sandwiches. Ah'm riddl on page 48

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
s Mither nivver drank, nivver smoked an the closest she cam tae sw
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d Navdeep, Ah didn't know you smoked. Ah didnae know you did, ah s on page 48
ese lassies in her class that smoked: they wur tryin tae get her t on page 82
above your heid. Ah've never smoked an ah've never drank an ah do on page 128
hind this tree ootside an she smoked two fags, an then she startet on page 152

4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the ravenin wolf wis smoked oot frae its lair." on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Want a bite o ma smoked sausage or a shot o ma ginger on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
the flair or the joint ah’d smoked oan the walk alang tae the st
1 matches

General Central

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
200g smoked streaky bacon on page 68

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
'Bettie smoked aw hur days. Ah'm surprised s on page 79

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
er than braw cos it's locally smoked, on page 77

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Daft Days, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
he mair braw cos it's locally smoked,
1 matches

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