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The word 'baker'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bakerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.44120
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 29.4 9 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of baker in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
_Voices I doot that legendary baker is long gone. Yea, I strongly (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"She wis a great baker, an aa," Ah said, wi a smile. on page 87

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
baker’s shoppie. She cudna thole
wis a muckle blaik till in a baker’s shoppie.
a rowth o ither coins in the baker’s till. There wis siller 5O
nered bidin ooto sicht in the baker’s till an socht oot fur a t
fore a secunt hid passed, the baker liftit her up in his flooery
7 matches

Aberdeen

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
Ivery baker across Toon made rowies ivery
o, folk wid rether ging tae a baker shop

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
Ivery baker across Toon made rowies ivery
o, folk wid rether ging tae a baker shop
2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Spyin i'baker fa's kneedin i'dough on page 159

1 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the baker’s. She turned hameward smil
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
t name frae Baxter's Wynd tae Baker's Lane. The likes o this daes
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Petrie” was an excellent baker (like Mither), her aipple pie
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But eh tak meh hat aff ti Ted Baker an Joe Bloggs on page 65

1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Ye'll can get them in ony baker's in the Shire. Micht be fit (2020)

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the mou, she teuk him awa ti Baker's Square for carrot cake an a on page 30

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
e for example: Garcia, O. and Baker, C. (Eds.) Policy and Practic on page 24

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
rope whaur the law says every baker has tae sell their breid at t on page 153

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
They'll brek intae the baker's and nick aw the breid on page 5

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
y Goad, Jane Craig wis a guid baker an made a grand cheese. He'd on page 17

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
airrit tae William Towers the Baker nou for ower sax years, she h
ter Arbuckle . . .’ The wee baker’s lad wis bent ower, his ha
ister Arbuckle?’ speirt the baker’s lad frae doun the stair.
3 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Viking Naw, yer missus is the baker *an* the oven. You wur jist t(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
favourite joke: A man it the baker's says, 'Is that a cake or im(2016)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
is nou the ‘more elegant’ Baker Lane is proudlie posted.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
No faur hen. Wur gaun tae the Baker's Loch an it cannae be nae me
know how come it's cried the Baker's Loch? It's
cause ther's a baker's shoap ther an wu'll get som
er is. Ah'm tellin ye. It's a baker's shoap beside a loch, it's
al wind-up merchant Mr Gobbs. Baker's shoap ma erse!"
8 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Tha beef-man, the baker an cannel stick maaker, on page 25

1 matches

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