| duck | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Corpus | 20.6 | 67 | 30 |
| ORK - Orkney | 19.9 | 2 | 2 |
| SHD - Shetland | 11.6 | 2 | 2 |
| TON - Tonge | |||
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) | 105.5 | 3 | 1 |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) | |||
| MNA - Mid Northern A | 22.9 | 7 | 1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B | |||
| SNO - South Northern | |||
| ABN - Aberdeen | |||
| DOR - General Northern | 35.5 | 8 | 5 |
| NEC - North East Central | |||
| SEC - (South) East Central | 5.1 | 2 | 2 |
| WCE - West Central | 50.6 | 11 | 2 |
| DUN - Dundee | 10.6 | 1 | 1 |
| EDN - Edinburgh | 6.3 | 1 | 1 |
| GLA - Glasgow | 41 | 9 | 4 |
| AYR - Ayrshire | |||
| LAL - General Central | 11.9 | 9 | 6 |
| SEA - South East (Borders) | 62.4 | 5 | 2 |
| SWE - South West (Galloway) | 27.8 | 2 | 1 |
| DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) | |||
| WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) | |||
| CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) | 125.5 | 4 | 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) | 32.8 | 1 | 1 |
| GUL - General Ulster | |||
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
watching the the whaal backs duck and dive in the dowdoswang on page 112
1 matches
@helenmoncrieff tweeted
some male calloo (long-tailed duck). Dey mak winter in Shetland (2015)
Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Donald Duck! Donald Duck!" they baith shoutit it the s on page 35
"DONALD DUCK!" shoutit Gertie. on page 41
Sun noo: DAFTIE DONALD DISNEY DUCK." on page 42
6 matches
Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
t an hid a go at pickin oot a duck fae the watter. Ye didnae win
1 matches
McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Duck knickers thit Wullie boucht i
1 matches
@fittiecrooners tweeted
. Will be wackin about like a duck for a month or so again!!(2016)
@Manuforti1968 tweeted
thRalston A fine day if yer a duck.(2019)
Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An tho A duck intae a hole
1 matches
Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
up the deep end shoutet, Heh duck feet, an then evrubdy else st
Heh how’d yi no get a perra duck feet tae go wi yir wings.
no catch me in a pair ae they duck feet.
3 matches
Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
e nae warse than watter aff a duck's back, an that the warld mic
1 matches
Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
iver was whiskey an ahh was a duck, on page 3
1 matches
Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
hool either. Ruth is a sittin duck compared tae me, and she does on page 7
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
afore ah wis even born. Dis a duck wae wan leg swim in circles?
1 matches
Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
me, that it’s watter aff a duck’s back but the truth is, it
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah duck intae The Bull and Gate. Good
1 matches
Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
But bein a mammy's ma Donald Duck, and ah've tried tae make the on page 76
. Ah showed a friend Leanne's duck-face selfies and she said the on page 85
2 matches
Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an roon the duck pond yonder. on page 4
1 matches
Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ilk yaird asteer wi duck an hen, on page 53
1 matches
Facebook link ( 2016) Central
, took tae the preachin lik a duck tae watter an travelled aboot
Facebook link ( 2021) Central
, taen tae the preachin lik a duck tae watter, an travelled aw o
@Chazzbat tweeted
o a foreign body in ma crispy duck. Ur they tryin tae kill me, d(2020)
o mine in ma crispy shredded duck ready meal. Ah still ate it, (2020)
Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
fa'en intae eet: there was a Duck an a Dodo, a Lory an an Eagle on page 23
"Foond whit?" 'said th Duck. on page 25
As a duck wi eets eyelids, sae her wi h on page 103
4 matches