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Use in varieties of Scots

wreck Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 2.7 9.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences125 6 1 0 0 0
Number of authors10 4 5 1

Occurrences of wreck in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The yairds a wreck o burnt oot cars. on page 47

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
o see there's a bit o a train wreck comin doun the line? on page 92

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
ludger - me - dishaunts the wreck. on page 12

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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ome a quiverin and remorseful wreck. Ah jist need tae gaze intae
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ransformed intae an emotional wreck. A waterfall ae water fae oor
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Doric

Benzie, Lesley Tales Fae The Doric Side - Vadim Shysimarin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
on wreck-the-hoose-juice. on page 64

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d driver tried te git the aul wreck stairtit. His face wis like t on page 19

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t throwe a drunken fog it the wreck aat wis Chantelle: her blonde on page 62

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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
an' endin' up a total nervous wreck.
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Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
nd the dug wid iways come and wreck it though she’d skim her we
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Jessie, a complete gibbering wreck by this time, scrambled up th
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
yet? Fraid no the day. Ah'm a wreck till ah'm read me P and J. on page 75

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