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The word 'carrots'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
carrotsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93318
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 carrots in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Du'll fin tatties an carrots i da pantry," Jenny said as d on page 48

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da bicht o tender carrots, on page 30

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
float they'd heaps O tatties, carrots, yalla neeps Scones an bannoc on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
temmin dishes full o tatties, carrots, gairden piz, broccoli an her on page 28

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
er darg in the hoose, scrapin carrots an neeps fur the muckle blaik
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ld use. He’d scatter bits o carrots aboot the fleer cut intae the
le until I ate so much fuckin carrots I turned orange and could see
ked them doon my throat. Fuck carrots!
by the shop and bocht a pun o carrots.
s at aa the tabbies an bits o carrots across the table. Some o them
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
the burrow an pit twa crunchy carrots an a daud o sweet neep on ilk
“Sup up yer carrots an neeps.” quo his mither,
yoamed o diced Carrots, sliced ingins, chappit tatti
3 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
He fairms wi carrots, wheat an' corn on page 14
The carrots, ingins and the leeks. on page 29

3 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
ye dee wi a pucklie leeks an carrots? on page 140
Buys twinty carrots an a ling on page 156

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ts, tatties the size o neeps, carrots? you
iv nivver seen the like. Some carrots were aboot three fit lang. Ta
2 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
I telt ae wee bairn, 'Ett yer carrots
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
We cuid buy mair local neeps, carrots, ingans an kail insteid o buy
1 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
llae that said if Kuwait grew carrots then naebdy wid gie a damn. B on page 23

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
late ae lamb chops wi peas an carrots an totties. Ah said, Ah'll ji on page 86
ay dinner alang wi totties an carrots an brussell sprouts. Ah tried on page 92

2 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
s guid news tae. Please. Gies carrots as weel as sticks. Wir Bard a
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
m as ri leg a' lamb. Ri mash, carrots an' sprouts wis aw pre-cooked
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
piles o tatties and neeps and carrots, an mebbe Brussels sprouts or on page 56

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
the dish ay stewed sausages, Carrots, totties an onion. on page 13

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
the dish ay stewed sausages, carrots, totties an onion.
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
wis waitin. She had a puckle carrots for him in her pooch, sweet a on page 1

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
eeps an batter cabbage, kale, carrots, ingins, beets, on page 77

1 matches

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