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The word 'blocks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
blocksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71918
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 4
SHD - Shetland
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 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of blocks in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
d on. "Wae hae a big square o blocks built aroond id an twatree sl on page 20

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
panes - and then the beggar blocks wir drains And nips at aal wi on page 75

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
tae green-nilded breeze-blocks - on page 36

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
As faan apin faan blocks the fight on page 113

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wauchts o snaa. Yon slabs an blocks noo reenged the braidth an he
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
tle breeze Bit fan blawn doon blocks road, rail an' nae power Tak' on page 29

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
ld feel its roch cement steen blocks against his lips an feel Oh c
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
pullin doon aw the auld tower blocks, Nicola's always bummin her l on page 169

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
hae ti dae is nail a couple o blocks on ti Annie’s feet.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
art sen 2008, the ideological blocks agin sic a staundart aye stau on page 109

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
come tae College in 2, 5-Week blocks a year, so you got used tae c
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
uild a mindin fae wee buildin blocks.
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
drum on its side n two breeze blocks n a railway sleeper makin a b on page 32

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Thirs 378 flats in the three blocks. 378 verandas tae choose faeâ
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ng while, his feet turnin tae blocks, on page 18

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Nae tyrant bigot oor freedom blocks on page 59

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
hem aff an choppin them intae blocks. Tha muckle brench, but, wus
John splittin tha wuid intae blocks.
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lake free-stane blocks, yella breeks on page 15

1 matches

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