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The word 'block'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blockOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.85736
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 43.4 8 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 25.4 19 13
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of block in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e sleep the deepest o sleeps, block oot the thowts in yer heid. A on page 23

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
rst. - "Hid's me heid on the block, no thine. on page 16
I said, "Hid's a block in me fuel pump and a piston on page 41
sel - yaas, I cairried every block - And I see that I mibbe hae on page 65

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o sleep the deepest o sleeps, block oot the thowts in yer heid. A on page 77

1 matches

Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
Shu's draigin, says I, an her block'll be on da stabard side, so
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
At the back o her gairden a block o fower pensioner’s hooses
1 matches

General Northern

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d oot the spot far his prison block had been an he found a brick on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Writer's Block
That A am cursed wi writer's block.
An niver think o writer's block.
world - but for ma writer's block.
A genius wi writer's block.
5 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
The new kid oan the block Kieran is chosen tae take the
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@1Mikeydfc I’ll block yi if you put them up again. (2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
al leave the new kids oan the block tae dae the bizzo wae the res (2021) twitter link
has noticed - he is tryin to block them all but ive got them all (2020) twitter link
the plus side ive managed to block 8 accounts for the one person (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
how trained hersel by noo tae block her lugs tae the gruesome soo on page 32

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
gles aff Karen, an a ten-week block a lessons fur the Junior Disc on page 42

1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
le oan my feed whether I soft block or actually block ye. But I w (2021) twitter link

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Ye'll can block im. 1572 block the last caller. Scunner ye n(2020)

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
an clachans, an for trees tae block the lang, sweepin views they
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
skraich your lifes oot at the block ithin the year. Oo maun aa co
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
te hoose on the thrid flairoa block o flats, whaur they were serv
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ut ma big bro's been roon the block a few times. Tam's bought bit on page 10

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
tae block oot thair pish on page 53

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
. We wur on the tap flair o a block’a flats when he left mi -
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ah open the holdall, gettin a block ay the gear oot. Cuttin a cor
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
hey wid cry it noo. Four in a block we cried it. Wan building, sp
romptly acquired the tenement block next door tae the auld pub, d
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
r hours every day tryin’ to block the bastards oot. The carpet
e genius. A chip off the auld block. Yae get yir brains fae yir a
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
creich yer lifes oot upon the block afore the year is oot. Tae th on page 6

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
an wi thick, broon hair and a block fringe tapped oan ma shoulder on page 56

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
pus chapped oot o a block o stane on page 39

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
tone: Fate prepares the fatal block. on page 73

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
nistrators is sweirt tae spam-block it. Aw the same, ae bit new-f
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
ter on quite thick in a solid block a colour, but today ah found
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
k me fer fixing ma commas and block me so I couldn't reply, it wi(2020)
king new profiles, i will not block ye but dinnae harass said per(2020)
@Sandybbfan Don't block them sandra mute them it take(2020)
ngs ?? most yoons dinnae even block ye.....(2020)

@g_hibby tweeted
been wrongly delivered to our block, and it would be gid tae get (2022) twitter link
ortly no doubt.. Heid plastic block thingy's maker upper.. ??.. A (2022) twitter link

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@linda8h Ah hud tae block thum. They wur daein ma heid (2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
e? White noise? Sleep mask to block out light? Ah've got chronic (2020)
masel. Cunts, the lot o thum. Block an ignore, hen xx(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Block them. Yer Scots word series i(2020)

@raiphsays tweeted
Jus lik wan o us! Roof fae a block! .... pfft..(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
rgie_Kate Tbh i dinnae really block/mute anybdy - I'm just small (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
omises mair: a shavie aff the block grant wad dooble airts spendi on page 5

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Their boy, chip off the auld block, on page 29

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
in a block o flets biggit fur parteeklar
1 matches

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