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Use in varieties of Scots

necks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 7.4 11.2 19.9 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2414 7 2 1 0 0
Number of authors18 11 5 1 1

Occurrences of necks in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
e folk sat nearby crane their necks tae lug in. But still ye smil on page 80

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
hemselves in the stuff, their necks generally a different colour on page 26
roper length n tight roon our necks instead ae stuffed on page 57

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
nes ties a brick aroond their necks and droons them in the dub ne on page 6

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
banie necks gaitherin strength fir when on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
(A pain in aa her voters necks!) on page 29

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
i it, ah'd wring the bugger's necks,' Granda said. on page 38

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t o his signature salmon polo necks and intae a shirt. He's as ba on page 6

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
wi tassles roon thir necks. on page 32

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
we, lowpit oot an threw their necks. Syne he heized the seck up a on page 42

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
serrin giblets an rigbanes an necks, usin his hale wecht tae cut on page 8

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
o, is that we'd be up tae oor necks in it. We wadnae be able tae
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Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
heids twistit roun on scrawny necks, tryin tae mak some sense o t
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
as hard hats theyve got hard necks - sack them oan the spot - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ad them bi the scruff o their necks. "Got ye, ye wee buggers! It on page 30

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
asts an strippit eens Wi lang necks files, or short on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t - they'll bi brakkin their necks te git doon ere oan Monday mo on page 6
ied maatchin goons roon their necks, ariddy kennin the unnser t'i on page 9
war baith aboot brakkin their necks te see fit wi hid." on page 21

3 matches

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
hers, the lang sklent o their necks and their majestie. Tears cam on page 22

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
twa wi their legs, tho their necks war brukken an they warna gau
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu luks fur any unwashed necks. on page 23
are aal that's gaan doon wir necks. on page 31

2 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
the kye rubban its necks on the rags. on page 20

1 matches

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