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The word 'hech'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hechOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.1299
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 34.7 26 6
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 hech in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
haes reft me o ma naig forby. Hech, but he's nabbit oor siller, on page 48

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
hter, fricht, hauchty, haugh, hech, hecht, hoch, lauch, leuch, l
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Hech, Sirs!” thocht Grannie Rodd
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
'He isna that wee... Hech! He's gane tae sleep.' on page 15
thocht I wis like himsel. But hech, I kenna hou tae see sheep th on page 21
Hech, wee prince! This wey, drap b on page 26
'Hech!' on page 28
hoot kennin whit he is daein. Hech me! Ye think tha maitters nan on page 30
Also on pages 31, 45, 54, 62, 64, 67, 68, 70, 81, 82, 88
17 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Then I'll hech and I'll pech and blaw yer ho on page 41
'Then I'll hech and I'll pech and blaw yer ho on page 43

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Hech, shove me aff a bus! on page 64

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
rnley killit you - I ken it, hech! - on page 17
Hech! Whit o remembrance, regret? on page 22
Mary: Hech on page 30

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Hech man, for ony sake, speir nae on page 45

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"Hech me, fit dints - fit slauchte on page 50

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 74 - Cannle-flame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
We slitter in the auld hech-how,
1 matches

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