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The word 'spaghetti'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spaghettiOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
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 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 spaghetti in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
shiny fan o seaweed, dark spaghetti on page 49

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e'll look like a reject fae a Spaghetti Western. Div ye nae think it' on page 56
spikkin throwe yon Alphabetti Spaghetti an the plastic letters on the on page 76

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
her luik like an ashet o spaghetti. It tuik Bobbin the Spurgie o
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Nae tins o' ham, nor spaghetti hoops on page 150

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he day wur meant tae be makin spaghetti bolognese but because it's go on page 85
val tryin tae unstick it. The spaghetti wis fine cause ah did that pa on page 86

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
we lived oan meatballs an’ spaghetti.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
wan pot, and then dae up some spaghetti tae gang wi it." on page 40

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘Spaghetti,’ replied her dad, plunkin
1 matches

@bigandymccoll tweeted
ese threads is like unknoting spaghetti-- am i losing it or are you - (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
them lot a hope every tin ae spaghetti hoops he ever eats fir the re (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
t ma heed roond why folk like spaghetti. What a load o shite. Fuckin (2019)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
et yin anither. It’s lik a Spaghetti Western, wae antsy cooboys st
1 matches

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