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The word 'bark'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
barkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.43727
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.7 5 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 bark in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Made fae wood fibre pulp and bark, on page 104

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
m_stout Wunt tae be caad Hill bark here, but the standard Englis (2021) twitter link

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
dder-berries an slidders o da bark o bushes. He fan sillerweed a on page 17

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
amang e trees, a peedy sharp bark joost oer her heid made her l on page 38
ot o brith, an till e puppy's bark sounded quieter in e distance on page 40

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
er ower muckle ma, quine, her bark's waar norr her bite!”
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
He gat a bark-an-bowff files fae his wife.
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
afer wi the Count aroond. Yer bark's worse an his bite. on page 40

1 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
crottle claps tae bark haud me on page 3

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Hear i'dugs bark on page 125
If they hear a dug bark on page 162

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ely nakit except for a bittie bark tied aboot their waists tae h
1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
fightin, sometimes pullin the bark aff the trees or wreckin the on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ah hear a feable attempt at a bark and straight awey ah ken he's on page 150
gs in here but trust me their bark will be worse than their bite on page 158

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Sae much as gie a bark or yelp.
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Aye, but you’re cat doesnae bark and jump on the doors tae get(2020)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eir leaves and the marl o the bark on their teunks. Matilda took on page 175

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ve yit tae hear thon wee dug bark.
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yi canna bark, an yi certainly canna bite on page 46

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
huckin stanes an the dugs wad bark. Only yae time, the men had t
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
fore he lits oot a triumphant bark as if tae exclaim ‘Ya dance
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e lits oot a soft low-pitched bark in response tae ma question.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
which he lits oot a positive bark in agreement.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
sly in the trees, a sharp wee bark jist aer her heid made her lo on page 40
oot ae breath, an the puppy's bark wis faint in the distance. on page 42

2 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
matador. It lets oot a boomin bark that rattles up the close, am
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Naught happens. No even a wee bark. Alexa cannae make heid nor t
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
amang the trees, a wee sherp bark juist abune her heid, garrd h on page 39
puff, an till the puppy-dug's bark wis faur ahint her in the dis on page 41

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ferm dug wadnae smell him an bark, nor wad he fleg the horses. on page 59

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
nd eucalyptus leaves, and the bark o the bowff-bowff tree, aw o on page 80

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
though, in the distance: his bark on a loop. I wis scared o it,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A dug awake lets oot a bark on page 38

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
mang th trees, a teeny shairp bark jist ower hur heid made hur l on page 39
o breeth, an till th puppy's bark soonded gie faint in th dista on page 41

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
shae cud harly hear the pup's bark in the distance. on page 42

1 matches

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