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The word 'gravy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gravyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.43422
ORK - Orkney 59.6 6 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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 28.1 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gravy in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Aal warm in onion gravy in a final, earthly sleep. on page 57

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the table hae some binnock an gravy on page 117

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
mealy, wae powerful aromas o gravy and caramelised onion. High o
baest wae clapshot, mince and gravy (yes, a peedie bit o mince an
yes, a peedie bit o mince and gravy is traditional wae haggis!) a
3 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
eel, da Panther öt pastry an gravy an maet on page 106

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
E Panther took pie-crust, an gravy, an meat, on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ur ordering Houdini? Chips n gravy tae Northern fur me!(2016)
slice i' breid tae mop up the gravy!#blackaffrontit https://t.co/(2019)
ers. Yum yums, bit far is the gravy Louise an Jane? Standards qui(2019)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Gravy's guid fir me, ye ken, on page 87

6 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
rypes @standupfarmer Far's e' gravy? Aht'll mak it look better.(2019)

(South) East Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 70 - Hame-combin, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
‘whit shoud hae sopped my gravy, lang-grain, white, bylt.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e doggy bag - wae ur steak n gravy pies - eer sum macheen broth (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s nut roast thing wi mushroom gravy fur ma Sunday dinner alang wi on page 92

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
runnin' some juice aff fur ma gravy. A'v choped hauf a rid ingyin
a rid ingyin fur tae go in ri gravy tae an' A poaped a slice inta
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
he Panther took pre-crust, an gravy, an meat, on page 104

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
e Panther preed pie-crust, an gravy, an meat, A tuim ashet wis Ho on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
Sloosh aboot in the gravy, then hae a guid sleep! on page 39

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Cathy looks at congealed gravy in between pieces o the burne on page 82

1 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
aird Davidson is aw aboot the gravy train.(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ae a big dod o butter an some gravy tae dook it in(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Th Panther took pie-crust, an gravy, an meat, on page 104

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ae see royal toffs joinin the gravy train fur nowt! Cannae have t(2020)

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
heaten farrels or maybe a wee gravy ring
1 matches

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
ae find the roast tatties and gravy man at the Continental Market(2019)

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