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The word 'eric'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ericOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus23.1748
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 160.2 49 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 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 78.2 17 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 eric in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
gaun te git aa at inna ere." Eric faaled is airms, smirkin, es on page 12
or waddin day," said Winnie. "Eric aye his the mark o ma faither on page 13
" fuspered Winnie. "Sally fae Eric's wirk dis yon Ann Simmers pa on page 14
stairtin te lach again. "Your Eric's nae the 'discussin things' on page 15
"Eric." Winnie sighed, kennin fit w on page 16
Also on pages 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
49 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
lieMcNeil66 We hiv a couple o Eric Auld prints ats were view??(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hibs1875 used to love watchin eric b against wee jocky w - top (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
laddie stood up. 'Ma name is Eric Ink, Miss Trunchbull,' he sai on page 145
'Aw, ah ken,' Eric said. 'It's got an H init. W. on page 146
Eric wis squaikin even louder and on page 148
unchbull answered wi a grin. 'Eric's lugs will huv streetched a on page 149
gleg the day. How's yer lugs, Eric, efter yer last meetin wi Mis on page 209

17 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Margaret’s waddin tae King Eric o Norrowa in 1281. It’s tho
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
lly appreciate the story o’ Eric Liddle! It’s guid tae see f
1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
net an her colour telly wi’ Eric and Ernie
othing else is gonnae happen. Eric an Ernie get aa the
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
callant, whaes rael naem wis Eric. It wisnae at
at n’, whan baith Jimmy an Eric becam players i the Roberton
2 matches

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