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The word 'direck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
direckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23014
ORK - Orkney
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.4 10 3
WCE - West Central 27.6 6 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of direck in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Mebbe somethin nae so direck wid bi better." Ronnie rubbit on page 50

1 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
und," said Farquhar, joukin a direck answer. on page 100

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Centre, wul be brocht intil a direck fundin relationship wi the Sc
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
on forgaitherin wis the first direck contack the Meenister haes ha
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ory. This wee festival is the direck conter o the muckle an mercat
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
es in the European Commission direck like tae big up a European Ag
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Scots Tung mair time tae dael direck wi maimbers, freends an the g
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
SORED: emailaddress] or write direck tae Irene McGugan MSP at the
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ck the Scottish Airts Cooncil direck.
shuid git in touch wi Stuart direck. Wi the breardin o local comm
beukin an that can be gotten direck frae Max Cruikshank at:-
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
jeck they chuise an tae speak direck tae meenisters o the Scottish
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ther projecks that haed baith direck an indireck bearin on Lallans on page 3

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
wi direck requests. In the praisent iss on page 7

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
t bi a new produck, at haes a direck bearin on it. An this means t on page 135
han he haes ti gie us leivin, direck speik, in character, but that on page 136

3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
h the Commons an the Lords wi direck access tae deceesion makars a on page 39
arvation, diseases that are a direck result o poverty are on the r on page 53
fer aw the evidence tells the direck opposite, seein as the vast m on page 112

3 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
owk that see a synthesis as a direck threat tae the vitality o lei on page 108

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed him ootside her room: that direck, that pheesical. Ah think no,
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
o Linguistic Richts that hae direck application tae Scots on page 20

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
e thir faimiles, wad we fin a direck line back tae the Victorian p on page 9

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McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
isna a fully airgued theory o direck democracy. It isna an essay o
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@billykayscot tweeted
o confusion, raither nor the direck clarty meanin o mockit.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
staple Port; wi direck contack wi Flemish speakin Fl
nhaugh, hev been buirit i the direck lyne atween the front and bac
2 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
Dorothy argied. “We cum tha direck road. Hoo cud it be a near cu
1 matches

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