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The word 'skeich'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skeichOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1139
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 skeich 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.

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gey skeich whan thai sein the Lowdens sy
skaithles, as the horssis, skeich wi the bruiliement, skelpit a
2 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Skeich wes the hert i the spring o t on page 140

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
s a fine leddie amang bastes, skeich, timorsum, dilicat in aitin, on page 3

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
id meal that day, an fowk wis skeich in the evenin. The hauf dizze
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
n hersel, but he wis still as skeich an yauld as maist chiels aboo on page 42
aa lowpin aboot as kittle an skeich as she felt hersel as she hur on page 67

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ents in the room were jist as skeich and up tae high doh as Chairl on page 33

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
led Brock, jiggin aboot heich-skeich. "Let's hae a haill side o ba on page 55

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ower stechie a plan, but byde skeich eneuch ti gie guid screivers on page 4

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
nor a guid blyave tae gar ye skeich ??(2020)
erpicture @Angelinekking Aye, skeich or flichtie(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Skeich-geeglin at on page 4

1 matches

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