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The word 'skraich'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skraichOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4139
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of skraich in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
That squallach, skraich or craw on page 15

1 matches

Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
The skraich o the gows cairried oan the A
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ar feil eejets dance aroon an skraich #Ootlander https://t.co/DWQNd(2017)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
os for some peer vratches nae skraich o day follies the mirk o thei on page 12
wan look at me, let oot sik a skraich, on page 13

2 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ked the gun, an Maisie gied a skraich. 'Faither!' on page 8

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
gowlt Deedledum in a fleggit skraich; an the twa, bridders made th on page 62

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ittin forenent me, ye will aa skraich your lifes oot at the block i
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he brig gaed anither eldritch skraich an this time muckle boolders on page 24

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Cinderellae let oot a skraich. on page 11

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Mrs Gowp let oot a skraich. She wis pure bealin. on page 89
Mrs Teeveeheid let oot a skraich o horror. "Ye mean we micht j on page 151

2 matches

McGibbon, Joe Lallans 73 - Feyther Langshanks Blues, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A hear nae skraich o slippert fit jufflin on page 116

1 matches

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