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The word 'esk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
eskOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.1235
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
WCE - West Central 78.2 17 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of esk in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rden, hell bent on catchin an esk. They are jinky craiturs and on page 131
her that if ye hacked aff an esk's tail, the tail stayed alive on page 133
the lid jist a toty bit. The esk wis lyin there, no movin. Wi on page 134
spleitered the lang slaistery esk richt intae the gless. Sploos on page 154
funny but she'd never seen an esk afore. Natural history wisnae on page 155
Also on pages 158, 160
17 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
For on the brig athwart the Esk on page 49
an in the Esk him flang. on page 50

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wee bit alang the River North Esk tae Loch Lee. In the auld kir on page 65

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
in! Nut, eet'll ne'er dae tae esk: Ah'll maybes say eet written on page 9

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
is ages, A gied hir a caa tae esk if she wud dae this thaing fu on page 29
whut's tha warl cumin tae, A esk ye? on page 30

2 matches

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