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The word 'coke'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cokeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13722
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 223.7 2 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 26.8 11 4
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 25.6 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 coke in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
bowt some crisps and a can o Coke on page 1
s persuaded tae try a rum and coke on page 70

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Black Gabloo (Double Rum an Coke) on page 136

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ited da bairn on da Christmas Coke advert gits when he geens eft (2020) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ot a pyoke o crips an a can o Coke. Kieran set doon three bars o
ccasion, Bappy ruggit aff the Coke's ring-pu an poored some drap
2 matches

Mid Northern B

Martin, Keiron Ma Worst Nicht Oot, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
to get himsel a beer and me a coke. So a hid a belther an a catc
1 matches

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wisna very muckle – a can o coke each, a packet o crisps and a
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
fur a seance an sim coke. on page 172

1 matches

TheChielMeister Philomena and Alcohol, (youtube.com 2010) Doric, poetry
Check fur limonade and coke
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
stined tae be jist like me, a Coke can that's waitin tae be kick on page 15
ses me wae a Jack Daniels and Coke. In the back ae ma mind ah'm on page 80
ae him like Graham Norton oan coke and she even made him a nice on page 120
ma nut maist ae the day. Oan coke and heavy bevyin. Yae could a on page 143
Ah dinnae ken if it's the coke or ma knack fur mindless viol on page 146
Also on pages 153, 170
7 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Tume as the Coke-cans in the sheuch, the skirl on page 59

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
un as Broon stertit shiffllin coke intil the furnace gin his lif on page 95

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
he square mirror hus lines ae coke prepped and ready tae be snor
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ndin me - al huv a bacardi n coke n a pint oh the goldin nectar (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oota mortgage tae buy a can a coke ower there. Fine then, ah sai on page 161
sittin at her desk wi a can a Coke an her spotlight lamp burnin, on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Snortin coke an shaggin weemin, on page 47
Deayton's coke-fuelled, sex-crazed binges, on page 48

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
up the beer an’don’t dae coke
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Speed, Es, Coke, Smack, Crack, on page 2

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
arney, we’re gawin’ fir a coke! You comin?’” Barney look
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
h’m the pipeline fur aw the coke heids and space cadets in the
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Ah'll hae a rum and coke; ah tell him. 'And a pint ae on page 21
Robert passes me ma rum and coke. It's filled tae the brim wi on page 23

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Just a can ay coke fur me if you’ve goat wan m
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
An empty Coke can.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ny, tell Paul tae gie us that coke. We’re wantin some.’
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tume as the Coke-cans in the sheuch, the skirl on page 75

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@SaorAlba59 Coke On The Fraud Tory Hoof(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Gove really should gie up the coke(2020)

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