Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'fried'

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Use in varieties of Scots

fried	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.3	44	30
ORK - Orkney	49.7	5	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	31.5	3	3
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	10.3	4	4
WCE - West Central	31.1	7	2
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	5
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 fried in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
favourite food is snek, deep-fried." on page 10
"Deep-fried snek! Ur ye off yer heid? on page 11

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
steak on a Friday, wi piles o fried onions an chips. on page 31

3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
perfect wi young tatties, an fried mackerel, straight oot a da s on page 62

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
A fried sillock an stap for dy supper on page 70

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
it" Gary lookit at his plate Fried loaf, eggs and bacon He turne on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
So Aik poor't wer tae an evin fried up a Lemen soul en ruskaleen on page 30

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
thick wi the smell o burgers, fried chucken, chips and candyfloss on page 40
soor chucken, a portion o egg-fried rice, praan crackers an a sup on page 72

2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
nd suet. Aa mixed igither and fried. Canna beat it. Since then th(2019)
. Aye. My auld man hid sliced fried tatties wi his.(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
dinna droon, Mrs C., they're fried ti a crisp afore they hae tim on page 44

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
the billion animals fried in the scorched trees on page 20

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
pizza wi' toppin's then deep fried
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An burgers at need fried, mooo on page 70
An he got a haddie an fried it in batter, batter, batter, on page 150

3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
nd efter asking fit each deep fried delicacy was, decided on and (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
rds eye pancakes wee a twist, fried Fittie fish wee lime & Bert b(2017)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
neaten cheese pieces in it an fried chum up just the wey we liked on page 7

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
sage wi it, follaed bi a deep-fried Mars bar. We are telt that we
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
pies, haggis-burgers and deep-fried Mars Bars, that the reporter
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
person I ken wha could burn a fried egg tae pure carbon. They wer
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
q as she sat eatin her mingin fried fish and fried chip, and igno on page 50
ast, which aye hud tae be twa fried eggs on fried breid wi three on page 53

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s a full chicken chow mein an fried rice an chips an a bag ae pra on page 149
iend tried tae make her eat a fried egg. She phoned me an tolt me on page 153

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
re naethin but a bunch o deep-fried Mars-bar eatin, kilt-wearin, on page 127

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
�Do you drink alcohol? Or eat fried or fatty foods on a regular b
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ine err the last few days has fried yer fuckin brain.' on page 23

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
For something fried or a toastie bun on page 97

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
An iz favourite food is deep-fried fox." on page 4
"Deep-fried fox? Izzat right wee Tonto? on page 5

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
runt bleck and broon! I'll be fried tae a frump! I'll be biled li on page 41
ant chookie will mak a hunner fried chookie denners, and yin gian on page 74

2 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Come bylt, bakit, or deep-fried in batter, on page 55

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
pies, sausage rolls an sugary fried buns hiv decidit tae play Cup
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
e. Or mibbes the baked v deep fried debate. Nivvir in aw ma born (2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
black puddin an tattie scone/fried breid. *tuts* https://t.co/ty(2020)