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The word 'sponge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
spongeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72915
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sponge in Corpus

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
vinegar an a sponge fur the spoilt meat. on page 20

1 matches

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
She wiz busy makin a slaetter sponge cake, peerie clock brunies an
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
her fae glaepin anidder bit o sponge.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ht pudden clartit wi cream an sponge” leuch Mooch.
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
age, Jessie maks a good syrup sponge fit is great dipped in yer te(2016)
Bar but needs it tae mak her sponge cake the night! Ach well, bac(2016)

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
he stuff, it’s like eating a sponge. Crispy breed rules ?(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
erry jeely and likely a bit o sponge-cake as weel. But this wis re on page 184

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Oor class's makin a Victoria sponge in Home Ec themorra. Ah asked on page 135

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Malik can still bake a lovely sponge, though we do rather worry ab
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
nd had a weel-usit recipe for sponge cake. on page 69

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
think there's only wan Vicky sponge cake in the whole wurld. They on page

7 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
as they were ootside, a weet sponge drapped oot the sky an landed on page 9
d o the loch there's a muckle sponge ferm, whaur... Luik oot!' sho on page 16

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
that that wis his sponge, and that if folk didna ken a on page 147

5 matches

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@JaneyGodley Pink custard wi sponge from primary school.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Looking fur yer duck and sponge on page 10

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Soda on a Wednesday. Victoria sponge on a Friday. \Whaur was Sally on page 47

1 matches

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