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The word 'knackered'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
knackeredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51614
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 knackered in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Yir knackered the entire row o stabs. on page 62
Am knackered wae speakan, cookan and bakan on page 73
Me slippers are knackered, on page 102

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
hunt part o da village gala #knackered #parentsdidmostofthehunting # (2018) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
I’ve made for masel, I’m knackered. I lie doon on the grun for a
1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
he start boyz. Their feart an knackered. Fit ever ye de, dinae let em(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n it. An, tell the truth, I'm knackered. As weel as mindful of ma nut on page 1

1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
frae yer core when ye're ower knackered even tae think; that thae wir
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ken this am knackered - watched 4 games the day n (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
tin clarty an wet an cauld an knackered, I'd think aboot the ither Te on page 136

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Well A'm sae bluidy knackered,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Knackered fae the day;
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I was knackered like Orpheus breengin roond H on page 123

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
Third day o bein too knackered tae eat denner. Wha um Ah?! h(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
oun the room til we wur baith knackered. Ah kin on page 93

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
er auld black cat. Wance, her knackered donkey taen, she vowed tae re on page 23

1 matches

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