A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'blocked'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blockedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.54021
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 4
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 33.2 13 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 16 12 9
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 blocked in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ally at da young couple she'd blocked. I wis faan in wi da wife yes on page 43

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@crit_gen Blocked you fud(2020)

Mid Northern B

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
sare thrapple. Then came the blocked neb, chapped lips, sare lugs
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
thocht the lum is surely blocked. I winner fa wid hae drain ro
side Aiberdeen the roads were blocked be tractors gaun at a slow sp
2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
yAnn_G Aye, glaikit so he is, blocked him yonks ago. Empty drums ma(2019)

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Thon loon #JoeLewis hiz blocked mair baws th’n @durexuk #COY(2018)

@cligeey tweeted
Another gambling ad blocked(2020)
d she built. Sensitive Andrew blocked me tee(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
s cuttit throu the jungle, an blocked oor gate. They war a deil tae
1 matches

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
y Nothin aboot farting or yir blocked !!(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
appens m8 - as for me gettin blocked fae a team - a only telt the (2021) twitter link
nae need tae guess whit club blocked me lol (2021) twitter link
exploits - ps have you been blocked as well lol ? (2020) twitter link
what its awe about - theyve blocked me on twitter!!! (2021) twitter link
d rather tell the truth n get blocked than sayin nowt - n remember (2020) twitter link
and 7 other occurrences.

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
nty five quid. Ri lums wis aw blocked up. Whair ri hell is ri pleas
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
n. I was still typing when he blocked me but basically it was gonna (2021) twitter link
that AS isn’t actually being blocked frae ganging oan the telly, b (2021) twitter link
ishrap He cried me a troll an blocked me... for scrieving in Scots. (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
eid buried in a book. Ah’ve blocked aw the news sites oan ma lapt
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
There's some bairns blocked fae gaun tae schuil on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'He's blocked the haill pipe!' said Granda on page 85

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah've blocked every member o the Clan, but on page 85

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
er that @AppleMak19 is has me blocked, never heard of them before s(2020)
@jjs999jjs We a get blocked for the most stupid things ??(2020)

@iainnicol tweeted
arcuscarslaw1 I juist seed he blocked you an aw ??(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
ervheid Ta ta Bella - ye’re blocked for bein a scunner an depress(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
'd been saying, and found I'm blocked. Finally. I wisnae the last t (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
our Like half of Scotland I'm blocked I'm assuming it's mair p**h (2022) twitter link
tish Labour Twitter page have blocked half of Scotland. Sounds utte (2022) twitter link
@SandraToFriends I mudt be blocked cannae see it ?? (2022) twitter link

@Sinethugcat tweeted
r Random way tae fin oot Ah'm blocked by thon poyet quine. Fa kens (2021) twitter link

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