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The word 'ducks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ducksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.41411
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ducks in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Echnaloch his ducks and swans and ither burds as on page 37

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
o the eider ducks silhouetted on page 27

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
Twa Ducks at the Port Elphinstone Brig on page 18

2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ic fowl – chickens, Muscovy ducks, geese and even some guinea f
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
happens - jist watter aff a ducks back tae me m8 (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
that me an Karen fed tae the ducks the last time we went. It's s on page 164

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Everybody shites themselves n ducks. There's broken glass on on page 59

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah gie him a thumbs up as he ducks under the archway ae the exit on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ay the cunt’s jaicket as he ducks an weaves aboot desperately t
t at a punch an the smackheid ducks an wriggles free fae McDadeâ€
2 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
. Puss, puss, puss. D was for ducks but we ca'ad them djeuks, the on page 120

1 matches

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
rls oan tha griddle an boilin ducks eggs forbye.Mae Mither wud sh
ale soda farl an a lovely big ducks egg wae a mug o tae an got st
2 matches

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