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The word 'wrecked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
wreckedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71210
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of wrecked in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
doms and me cooker rings were wrecked. on page 24

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e boat hid wint adrift an wiz wrecked roon at the Sclates. Then tae
1 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
other's company athoot gettin wrecked. It's funny watchin the facad on page 98
wye, aa'll be the baddie that wrecked the dream day. Aa hink the qu on page 99

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
aboot the job o rebuildin the wrecked greenhoose. Within a maitter
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@nicolaforbes32 Oor eens got wrecked yisterday https://t.co/416Bnr(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Merry Xmas tae one n'a! Been wrecked fer the past few days wee ove(2018)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
on Saturday night but. He got wrecked, ah said, An endet up in hosp on page 169

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
dies in late November, tae be wrecked ablow the cliffs o Deerness i on page 39

1 matches

General Central

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ash thanks tae you lot. Ye've wrecked baith the farming and fishing(2021)

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
thon coorse hallion Cromwell wrecked the aul Mercat cross o Newtow (2014) twitter link